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'Mugabe is a coward,' says Ndabaningi Sithole's son
15 Dec 2014 at 05:55hrs | Views
Garikai Sithole the son to the late Zanu (Ndonga) leader Reverend Ndabaningi Sithole has described President Robert Mugabe as a coward who is scared of challenges from popular colleagues.
He said that was the reason he sacked former Vice-President Joice Mujuru. Mugabe recently fired Mujuru accusing her of plotting to topple him from power using supernatural powers and assassination.
Sithole said that Mugabe fired Mujuru under pressure from his wife Grace.
"Yes, Grace Mugabe is First Lady, but she is just a 'young girl' who does not know politics at all," said Sithole.
"President Mugabe might accuse Mujuru of wanting to remove him from power, but, we know that Mugabe doesn't like people who are ambitious. He did that to my father when he saw that he was rising to take over Zanu-PF just before 1980," claimed Sithole.
"He (Mugabe) says Mai Mujuru is corrupt but how many ministers and Zanu-PF officials are corrupt? He is surrounded by crooks and vultures that are using his (Mugabe) name to amass wealth, but he does not realise that."
He said Mugabe should have resolved his differences with Mujuru privately.
Source - The Standard
