'Mujuru's party a Zanu-PF politburo clone,' says Mliswa

FORMER Vice-President Joice Mujuru's much-vaunted People First (PF) political project could die a natural death "because it is operating exactly as the Zanu-PF politburo", former Zanu-PF Mashonaland West provincial chairperson Temba Mliswa has said.

Responding to allegations that he was a ruling party mole bent on destabilising the democratic movement in Zimbabwe, Mliswa said Mujuru had "literally missed the bus".

"They (Mujuru and company) must stop talking and call for a congress, launch a party and have structures to prepare for the coming election than just talk," Mliswa said yesterday.

"The PF project was anchored on the nine chairpersons who were sacked from Zanu PF, but I can tell you none of those are with them (Mujuru group) because they (chairpersons) were disillusioned.

"They felt as much betrayed as I was by Mujuru and (Didymus) Mutasa in particular. The way they capitulated and had they not been expelled none of them would have questioned President Robert Mugabe's choices of Vice-Presidents or any other officials."