The war veterans have escalated their beef with Minister of Higher and Tertiary Education Jonathan Moyo and the Minister of Local Government Saviour Kasukuwere. The two ministers are suspected to be part of G40, a faction of Zanu PF. The war vets accuse the two ministers of being corrupt, power hungry and of wishing to grab power from President Mugabe.
War vets chairperson Chris Mutsvangwa said:
Yes, we have got issues with Kasukuwere and . . . Moyo. We view them as the main culprits in the G40-attempted power grab. We don’t have issues with the vice president (Mphoko), and particularly the First Lady. We don’t have issues with her. She is the wife of our president,” Mutsvangwa told journalists at a press briefing in the capital.
She is the First Lady. She has got a position in society and that position we respect. But with the other two, it’s different, particularly when the element of corruption and bad management of the economy comes in.
“I am telling you as someone who was in Cabinet. I know the capacity of those two heads. In fact, I know the incapacity of those two head.
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