Mujuru hints at new role away from Zanu-PF

AXED Vice-President Joice Mujuru has apologised for her role in failures by President Robert Mugabe's administration, saying she has had time to introspect and hinted to a future role in politics away from Zanu-PF.

In a statement yesterday, a subtle Mujuru said her sacking was inevitable, as she had a divergent vision for the country from those in the Zanu-PF leadership.

"For my own role in this failure, I am truly sorry and I apologise to my fellow Zimbabweans," she said.

"This humbling experience [her sacking] has afforded me an opportunity to reflect on the higher ideals of the armed struggle and with sadness, I have had to digest the many shortcomings in delivery.

"It is a time in our history for contrition and reflection, for cleansing and for divinity of faith."

Mujuru - who has kept the nation guessing as to her next political move - said Zanu-PF had descended into "a paranoid and insular organisation", although she said she would not join the "finger-wagging class" in apportioning blame.

"We collectively failed in our basic mandate to the nation," she said.

Mujuru says she has resolved to serve the nation in whatever role God apportions her, before contemplating on her future and imagining scenarios for the country.

"Imagine [a] nation, where the leaders embraced its greatest asset, people, first," she wrote.

"Imagine our nation where we put country, people first and everything else afterwards."

Mujuru goes on to imagine a country where freedom of expression and association are enjoyed without fear of reprisals, before rhetorically asking if "this is too much to imagine".