Leave me alone, says Jonathan Moyo

Higher and Tertiary Education minister Jonathan Moyo yesterday challenged politicians accusing him of abusing over $400 000 drawn from the Zimbabwe Manpower Development Fund (Zimdef) to sponsor his personal and Zanu-PF programmes to leave him alone.

Moyo and his deputy, Godfrey Gandawa, have since last week been under the public spotlight with some of their critics calling for their arrest and expulsion from government.

Moyo declared that he would not back off, adding there was nothing wrong in him using public resources to bankroll ruling party activities and community projects in his Tsholotsho North constituency.

He disputed public perception that Zimdef was a student or scholarship fund, saying the misconception was being peddled by people, who were "not only mischievous", but a "threat to national security in so far as they are bent on using students to incite instability in higher and tertiary education".