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Do it at your peril: Moyo warns Mujuru

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INFORMATION minister Jonathan Moyo yesterday issued a thinly veiled warning to former Vice-President Joice Mujuru not to venture into opposition politics, saying she was free to do so at “her own peril”.

INFORMATION minister Jonathan Moyo yesterday issued a thinly veiled warning to former Vice-President Joice Mujuru not to venture into opposition politics, saying she was free to do so at “her own peril”.

BY STAFF REPORTER

Moyo was reacting to Mujuru’s apology to Zimbabweans for being part of President Robert Mugabe’s government for the past 35 years and the reversal of liberation war goals.

Mujuru, fired from government last December for allegedly plotting to topple Mugabe, said she was now ready to serve Zimbabweans wherever God deployed her before setting out different scenarios she hoped the country could follow.

Moyo, the only government minister who has reacted to the statement on social media, yesterday seemed to take exception to Mujuru’s vision for the country.

“Finally, it is notable that Mujuru’s divergent vision which led to her expulsion is imaginary with no grounding on any reality,” he said in a terse statement.

“Her so-called vision has 11 points, including putting people first, all which are imagined. While Mujuru can imagine as many fantasies as she wants, the fact is that Zimbabweans have had enough of imaginary escapades from the likes of (main opposition MDC-T leader) Morgan Tsvangirai whose ranks Mujuru is free to join at her own peril.”

He also challenged Mujuru’s assertion that her dismissal from Zanu PF and government was unprocedural.

“If there is anyone who still doubts the reason of Mujuru’s dismissal from government or its justification it is fortuitous that her statement provides the clearest indication thus far, which should put paid to the matter,” Moyo added.

“It beggars belief that Mujuru has the nerve to claim that her dismissal was ‘controversial, non-procedural and unjustified’ in the same statement in which she clearly declares that her expulsion was ‘inevitable’ because her ‘vision for Zimbabwe was divergent from the rest of the party leadership.’

Finally, it is notable that Mujuru’s divergent vision which led to her expulsion is imaginary with no grounding on reality.” Political analysts say Mujuru has a real chance of upstaging Mugabe if she challenges him in the 2018 elections.