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'Jonathan Moyo plotting against Mugabe'
28 May 2015 at 01:26hrs | Views
Jonathan Moyo Information Minister was again yesterday thrust into the centre of worsening Zanu-PF fights after a ruling party apologist accused him of using media to destroy the party from within.
Goodson Nguni, the leader of the Zanu-PF-aligned Federation of Non-governmental Organisations, made a string of allegations against Moyo including that the former Zanu-PF critic had an elaborate plan to tarnish the image of President Robert Mugabe and his deputies.
Nguni was reacting to a story in The Herald yesterday claiming that he leaked issues discussed at last week's meeting of the Zanu-PF politburo to NewsDay.
This was after the paper published a story on Monday where Zanu-PF insiders alleged Mugabe had disclosed that he owed fired Mashonaland East provincial chairperson Ray Kaukonde $30 million.
Nguni told journalists in Harare yesterday that he had since established that Moyo authored the Herald story as part of the alleged ploy to destroy the party from within.
He alleged Moyo was co-ordinating the onslaught against Zanu-PF by both the State and private media, an accusation the political scientist vehemently denied last night.
Nguni said Moyo's recent interview with BBC where he stated that Vice-President Emmerson Mnangagwa was not guaranteed to succeed Mugabe backed his claims.
Nguni urged Zanu-PF to investigate Moyo's appointment of State media editors, saying they were part of the strategy to destroy the party.
Nguni denied being the source of NewsDay's story about Kaukonde. He said Moyo was trying to use the story to further his own agenda against party officials.
He said he had not spoken to Richard Chidza, the journalist The Herald alleged authored the story.
The story had no by-line to identify the writer.
Moyo has repeatedly faced accusations that he is on a mission to destroy Zanu-PF from within with critics pointing to his previous life as an acerbic critic of Mugabe.
Goodson Nguni, the leader of the Zanu-PF-aligned Federation of Non-governmental Organisations, made a string of allegations against Moyo including that the former Zanu-PF critic had an elaborate plan to tarnish the image of President Robert Mugabe and his deputies.
Nguni was reacting to a story in The Herald yesterday claiming that he leaked issues discussed at last week's meeting of the Zanu-PF politburo to NewsDay.
This was after the paper published a story on Monday where Zanu-PF insiders alleged Mugabe had disclosed that he owed fired Mashonaland East provincial chairperson Ray Kaukonde $30 million.
Nguni told journalists in Harare yesterday that he had since established that Moyo authored the Herald story as part of the alleged ploy to destroy the party from within.
He alleged Moyo was co-ordinating the onslaught against Zanu-PF by both the State and private media, an accusation the political scientist vehemently denied last night.
Nguni urged Zanu-PF to investigate Moyo's appointment of State media editors, saying they were part of the strategy to destroy the party.
Nguni denied being the source of NewsDay's story about Kaukonde. He said Moyo was trying to use the story to further his own agenda against party officials.
He said he had not spoken to Richard Chidza, the journalist The Herald alleged authored the story.
The story had no by-line to identify the writer.
Moyo has repeatedly faced accusations that he is on a mission to destroy Zanu-PF from within with critics pointing to his previous life as an acerbic critic of Mugabe.
Source - newsday
