Reports from Zimbabwe say the country's newest party, the National Patriotic Front (NPF) is on the verge of splitting.

Former first lady, Grace Mugabe, has been singled-out as one of the reasons the NPF, a party linked to former President Robert Mugabe, was splitting as she was allegedly pushing for its interim leader, Ambrose Mutinhiri's ouster.

According to Mutinhiri's faction, Mugabe wanted to take over the leadership of the NPF before the party joined the Movement for Democratic Change Alliance.