article_snippet.sent: former vice-president Joice Mujuru was long considered a likely successor to Robert Mugabe but former vice-president Joice Mujuru fell out with Robert Mugabe late last year and was sacked as vice-president in December.
article_snippet.sent: Last week, the ruling ZANU-PF party expelled former vice-president Joice Mujuru altogether for allegedly plotting against the president.
article_snippet.sent: The 59-year-old was accused of 'plotting to unconstitutionally remove Robert Mugabe from office', according to a statement from Simon Khaya-Moyo, spokesman for the Zimbabwe African National Union-Patriotic Front.
article_snippet.sent: Simon Khaya-Moyo was also accused of 'orchestrating factionalism in the ruling ZANU-PF party thereby causing acrimonious divisions' and 'engaging in activities that smack of corruption'.
article_snippet.sent: Simon Khaya-Moyo allies in government were also fired and expelled from ZANU-PF after Robert Mugabe accused Simon Khaya-Moyo of plotting to oust Robert Mugabe.
article_snippet.sent: Last month, photographs emerged showing Simon Khaya-Moyo with Mugabe - who is also in poor health - as part of a state delegation that held talks with Japan's prime minister.