8 - 16 February 2014 - The Observer
Moyo targeting us, Mujuru faction
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Correspondent
NGOING media exposures
of the massive salaries drawn
by parastatal bosses may have
been welcomed by the public,
but expectations that the government would
act on corruption are fast fading – instead,
the matter has fizzled out and become part of
Zanu PF’s divisive battle on who will succeed
President Robert Mugabe.
Vice-President Joice Mujuru, who leads
one of the two factions in Zanu PF that
are battling to take over after Mugabe, this
week suggested that the exposures that have
become known as “salary-gate” could be the
work of detractors bent on destroying the
party from within.
Zimbabweans vented their anger on social
media, leading the opposition to call for her
to resign.
Officials aligned to Mujuru’s camp who
spoke to the Mail & Guardian this week said
that, although she may have struck a raw
nerve, her assertion that the exposés were
politically motivated were widely shared.
“Ever since Jonathan Moyo was appointed
as a media minister, there has been a
concentrated attack on our camp, especially by
the public media,” said a Zanu PF politburo
member.
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