President Robert Mugabe's succession, for long considered a political hot potato, will not come up for discussion at the ZANU PF congress slated for December, but drastic changes to its supreme decision-making organ, the politburo, and the presidency are in the offing as the party gears up for the 2005 parliamentary poll. Party insiders confirmed this week that President Mugabe and his "inner circle" were mulling far-reaching changes in the politburo.