Mujuru fears for her life

ZIMBABWE Vice President Joice Mujuru skipped the Zanu-PF that was held in Harare yesterday, amid suggestions that she was considering boycotting altogether the party's congress that starts tomorrow.

Sources said that the embattled VP feared for her life following serious and ongoing threats against her and other senior officials perceived to be loyal to her.

Her situation worsened after President Robert Mugabe openly accused her yesterday of plotting to topple him.

This is the first time he has done so since the brutal infighting engulfing the party burst into the open a few months ago.

Addressing service chiefs and war veterans at Zanu-PF's headquarters in Harare, Mugabe alleged that the naivety of Mujuru's plot against him included her working closely with MDC formations, as well as soliciting regime change funds from the West ahead of last year's election.