Opinion / ColumnistZimbabwe is at risk of a leadership crisis as a result of the growing political tension and rift between President Emmerson Dambudzo Mnangagwa and his vice president, Constantino Guvheya Chiwenga. Joyce Mujuru was the target of a vicious slander campaign and was once charged with attempting to kill the late Robert Mugabe.The late President Robert Mugabe later fired Joyce Mujuru, who went on to form her own political party and named it People First, a splinter party from Zanu-PF. There is no clear-cut policy of succession in Zanu-PF.Joyce Mujuru later founded her own political party, People First, a split group from Zanu-PF, after being fired by the late President Robert Mugabe. We are currently seeing the same pattern of action, where power battles within the governing class take precedence over the advancement of the country. There is no explicit succession policy in the party.Party proxies and incessant press briefings are being used in the conflict between Mnangagwa and Chiwenga.