Jonathan Moyo accused of being childish

A Zanu-PF MP has chided Higher Education minister Jonathan Moyo's Twitter rants as "childish" and accused him of abusing social media to settle political scores with some top party officials, as infighting in the ruling party takes a new dimension.

In one of the clearest examples yet that factional tempers were soaring, Gokwe-Nembudziya MP Justice Mayor Wadyajena on Wednesday castigated Moyo on Twitter, describing him as a "spiteful political crook, charlatan and low-life devil incarnate".
 
"Your habit of twisting words to suit certain agendas is childish and obviously meant to sow seeds of dissent among Zimbabwean youths," he blasted.

"A lot of spiteful political crooks, charlatans and low-life devil incarnates [are] abusing the First Lady's [Grace Mugabe] name."

Wadyajena is seen as a staunch ally of Vice-President Emmerson Mnangagwa and his outburst could be an indicator that factionalism has got to a head in President Robert Mugabe's party.

Wadyajena's Twitter account only has three tweets - all directed at Moyo.

Moyo did not respond to the jibes, although he has previously blasted Wadyajena for the manner he questioned Local Government minister Saviour Kasukuwere over alleged shady indigenisation deals in Parliament.