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Robert Mugabe kisses his wife, Grace, at a rally to mark the country's 37th independence anniversary, in April

‘Gucci Grace’ maneuvers to succeed her aging husband as president of Zimbabwe

November 9, 2017Global Politics

Robert Mugabe has run Zimbabwe for 37 years. He’s 93 and his young wife, Grace, is now positioning herself as successor. She’s known as “Gucci Grace.”

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