Croco Motors punished over Mujuru

Government is cracking down on a leading multi franchised automotive dealership, Croco Motors over its real or perceived links to former vice president Joice Mujuru and her late husband, retired army commander General Solomon Mujuru by cancelling contracts, refusing to settle its dues and unleashing tax authorities on it in bid to run it down for political reasons as Zanu-PF factional fights escalate.

This top government and Zanu-PF insiders say, is part of a clampdown on companies that are linked to Mujuru's family and her political faction that is now at war with President Robert Mugabe since the ruling party's controversial congress last December.

The battle has now spilled into the courts as liberation struggle veterans including Didymus Mutasa and Rugare Gumbo fight back in the aftermath of unprecedented internal purges.

Croco Motors is an accredited dealer for Nissan, Toyota, Mazda Ford, Kia, Volvo, Renault and UD trucks and has been supplying cars to government ministries, parastatals, police and military in lucrative deals.