'Mujuru terrifies Mugabe'

President Robert Mugabe and Zanu-PF hardliners are scared stiff of ousted former Vice President Joice Mujuru and this apparently started to manifest itself as way back as 2004, former Presidential Affairs minister Didymus Mutasa has said.

Speaking in an interview with the Daily News on Sunday yesterday, Mutasa - a former close confidante of Mugabe - also revealed how hard and maliciously Mujuru's Zanu-PF enemies had worked ahead of the party's disputed congress late last year to ensure that the widow of the late liberation war icon, Retired General Solomon Mujuru, would be ousted from power.

"Even at their illegal congress, they stopped her from attending because they thought she would cause problems for them. The Zanu-PF leadership, including VaMugabe, is scared of Mai Mujuru.

"That is the reason why they are still attacking her and bringing all sorts of allegations against her," Mutasa said.