Mugabe's Mujuru jibe draws fire

President Robert Mugabe's latest attacks on the late former army General Solomon Mujuru has drawn sharp criticism from his relatives and associates.

Mugabe last Friday repeated claims that Mujuru, who died in a mysterious inferno at his Beatrice farm in August 2011, plotted against him.

The 91-year-old Zanu-PF leader said Zimbabwe's first black army commander joined forces with former Finance minister Simba Makoni and academic Ibbo Mandaza in an effort to topple him.

Mugabe was a addressing a Zanu-PF Women's League meeting in Harare where he said Mujuru had said Zimbabweans cannot suffer because of one man.