The president of Zimbabwe Robert Mugabe has sacked his vice president Emmerson Mnangagwa, that's according to information Minister Simon Khaya Moyo.
The fire veep happens to be one of the favourites to succeed the 93-year-old leader.
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Mnangagwa, a 75-year-old former intelligence chief, has been heavily criticised by supporters of Mugabe’s wife, Grace, who has also been touted as a potential successor to her husband.
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Moyo explains that Mnangagwa had shown signs of disloyalty, disrespect and deceitfulness.
As the nation is preparing for its 2018 elections, the ruling party has named 93-year-old Mugabe as its presidential candidate, there’s doubt he will live to see out another five-year term.
Fifty-two-year-old Grace Mugabe accused Mnangagwa of attempting to "carry out a coup" against the president.