Mugabe has no evidence against 'corrupt' Mujuru and cabal

The government has no evidence to prosecute fired Vice President Joice Mujuru and several ministers belonging to her faction on charges of corruption, Information Media and Broadcasting Services Minister Professor Jonathan Moyo has conceded.

President Mugabe and his wife Grace in the run up to the Zanu PF congress last year attacked Mujuru accusing her of engaging in a number of corrupt activities and plotting to overthrow the country's only President since Independence in 1980.

However, months after Mujuru's sacking, the state has failed to prosecute the former Vice President for crimes she allegedly committed.

"Corruption is an evil and prosecuting corrupt elements is a national duty. The challenge is that there's no way of fighting corruption without evidence that can withstand the scrutiny of the judiciary process in the courts of law," Prof Moyo said during a Facebook interface with followers on Thursday evening.

"As you know, newspapers can write about corruption and proffer all sorts of allegations but material in newspapers is not acceptable as evidence in a court of law. We therefore need evidence-based ways of fighting corruption."

Prof Moyo went on, "Even newspapers can do better by using investigative skills to come up with evidence-based stories on corruption. In the final analysis, the responsibility to fight corruption is shared by all and not just some of us."