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Kaukonde skips border
07 Dec 2014 at 05:46hrs | Views
The state media on Sunday reported that former Zanu-PF Mashonaland East provincial chair Ray Kaukonde has fled to South Africa after being linked to a plot to topple President Mugabe and replace him with Vice-President Joice Mujuru.
President Mugabe yesterday revealed: "We hear Kaukonde is now in South Africa. That is why he is not here."
Kaukonde is believed to be the main financier of the Mujuru faction.
His centrality to the plot to unseat President Mugabe was first publicly revealed by First Lady and Zanu-PF Women's League boss Grace Mugabe, who also accused him of prodding former Politburo member Dr Simba Makoni to rebel and form an opposition party.
He - together with VP Mujuru and former secretary for administration Didymus Mutasa - did not attend the 6th Zanu-PF Congress that ended in Harare last night.
President Mugabe yesterday revealed: "We hear Kaukonde is now in South Africa. That is why he is not here."
His centrality to the plot to unseat President Mugabe was first publicly revealed by First Lady and Zanu-PF Women's League boss Grace Mugabe, who also accused him of prodding former Politburo member Dr Simba Makoni to rebel and form an opposition party.
He - together with VP Mujuru and former secretary for administration Didymus Mutasa - did not attend the 6th Zanu-PF Congress that ended in Harare last night.
Source - Sunday News
