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Jonathan Moyo crowned the noisiest politician in 2011
31 Dec 2011 at 09:43hrs | Views
According to observations by the Daily News, Former Information minister, Tsholotsho North MP and Zanu-PF Politburo member Professor Jonathan Moyo emerged as the noisiest politician in 2011,
Moyo tops the newspapers' Noise Makers of the Year 2011 list owing to his exploits in the media that at one time nearly resulted in a regional threat to isolate Zimbabwe, especially President Robert Mugabe.
The former University of Zimbabwe political science lecturer attacked a Sadc appointed mediation team, telling off the point person in that team, Lindiwe Zulu.
He accused her of being an agent of the West, further claiming that Zulu worked with what he termed "regime change running dogs in the private media" to allegedly vilify Mugabe and the party he was once accused of working to split and institute leadership change.
Moyo was once "fired" from Zanu-PF in 2004 and exposed to the chills of being in the political wilderness.
During that time, he engaged American diplomats to whom he spewed all kinds of Zanu-PF secrets.
These left the party exposed in the eyes of the Americans. For being an information agent of the Americans, Moyo was rewarded with the title "Useful Messenger."
Still on South Africa, Moyo, who crafted the draconian Access to Information and Protection of Privacy Acts (Aippa), which also recognises gay rights, alleged that South African President, Jacob Zuma was not the right man to mediate in the Zimbabwean crisis.
On the local front, Moyo abused space in the state media, to spit all sorts of venom at all those that dared cross his path.
At one time, Moyo in his column quoted a front page story in the same issue suggesting he had seen the story before it was published, a fact which has up to now puzzled journalists even in the state media because the Zanu-PF politburo member is not in the editorial department of the newspaper.
He would write long and winding articles attacking his perceived and real enemies in and outside Zanu-PF. He used the space in the state media to propel himself to the zenith of Mugabe's bootlickers.
On national television, Moyo was allocated lots of airtime to also attack Zanu-PF's opponents and those within the party he heavily despised.
In a nutshell, Moyo made noise even at times when he was not required to as most of his statements exposed him for one thing: being loaded with flip flopping statements in which he regularly contradicted himself
Moyo tops the newspapers' Noise Makers of the Year 2011 list owing to his exploits in the media that at one time nearly resulted in a regional threat to isolate Zimbabwe, especially President Robert Mugabe.
The former University of Zimbabwe political science lecturer attacked a Sadc appointed mediation team, telling off the point person in that team, Lindiwe Zulu.
He accused her of being an agent of the West, further claiming that Zulu worked with what he termed "regime change running dogs in the private media" to allegedly vilify Mugabe and the party he was once accused of working to split and institute leadership change.
Moyo was once "fired" from Zanu-PF in 2004 and exposed to the chills of being in the political wilderness.
During that time, he engaged American diplomats to whom he spewed all kinds of Zanu-PF secrets.
Still on South Africa, Moyo, who crafted the draconian Access to Information and Protection of Privacy Acts (Aippa), which also recognises gay rights, alleged that South African President, Jacob Zuma was not the right man to mediate in the Zimbabwean crisis.
On the local front, Moyo abused space in the state media, to spit all sorts of venom at all those that dared cross his path.
At one time, Moyo in his column quoted a front page story in the same issue suggesting he had seen the story before it was published, a fact which has up to now puzzled journalists even in the state media because the Zanu-PF politburo member is not in the editorial department of the newspaper.
He would write long and winding articles attacking his perceived and real enemies in and outside Zanu-PF. He used the space in the state media to propel himself to the zenith of Mugabe's bootlickers.
On national television, Moyo was allocated lots of airtime to also attack Zanu-PF's opponents and those within the party he heavily despised.
In a nutshell, Moyo made noise even at times when he was not required to as most of his statements exposed him for one thing: being loaded with flip flopping statements in which he regularly contradicted himself
Source - Daily News
