Zanu PF insiders have said it is now a fait accompli that Emmerson Mnangagwa will be appointed the successor to President Robert Mugabe as leader of the ruling party and government at the December congress. His two deputies will be John Nkomo and Didymus Mutasa. A number of things emerge from this scenario. The first is that Zanu PF wants the old guard to remain in power at all cost. It is clear that there is no room, as yet, for the younger generation of politicians.