Opinion / Columnist
Should Mujuru skip the border and fax her resignation?
16 Nov 2014 at 19:20hrs | Views
Nobody can dare oppose Robert Mugabe openly or dare resign without the master's agreement. Vice-President Joice Mujuru has to make tough choices to either fight from within or leave Zanu-PF as chances of retaining her post are getting slimmer by the day.
Even ex-minister Nkosana Moyo had to skip the country and fax his resignation letter from South Africa because he understood what might have befallen him if he had resigned from within the borders: total humiliation, public denunciations and painful isolation such as befell Senator Dzikamai Mavhaire and ex-finance minister Simba Makoni.
Last week, the Zanu-PF politburo expelled war veterans' leader Jabulani Sibanda and suspended party spokesperson Rugare Gumbo alongside four provincial chairmen, dealing a major blow to Mujuru's chances of retaining her post as President Robert Mugabe's second-in-command.
Mujuru is technically finished, only that "she still has some allies yet to be kicked out".
Some analysts opine that Mujuru should remain within the party while testing the waters towards congress.
But if she quits again without forming her own party what would happen to those who got party positions including cabinet posts through her ticket? It's just hell falling on VP.
The other logical thing in my view is for Mujuru to brave the cold outside Zanu-PF just like [Julius] Malema braved the cold outside the ANC.
Even ex-minister Nkosana Moyo had to skip the country and fax his resignation letter from South Africa because he understood what might have befallen him if he had resigned from within the borders: total humiliation, public denunciations and painful isolation such as befell Senator Dzikamai Mavhaire and ex-finance minister Simba Makoni.
Last week, the Zanu-PF politburo expelled war veterans' leader Jabulani Sibanda and suspended party spokesperson Rugare Gumbo alongside four provincial chairmen, dealing a major blow to Mujuru's chances of retaining her post as President Robert Mugabe's second-in-command.
Mujuru is technically finished, only that "she still has some allies yet to be kicked out".
Some analysts opine that Mujuru should remain within the party while testing the waters towards congress.
But if she quits again without forming her own party what would happen to those who got party positions including cabinet posts through her ticket? It's just hell falling on VP.
The other logical thing in my view is for Mujuru to brave the cold outside Zanu-PF just like [Julius] Malema braved the cold outside the ANC.
Source - online
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