{"id":72813,"date":"2014-12-09T16:17:30","date_gmt":"2014-12-09T16:17:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/?p=72813"},"modified":"2015-03-05T07:36:40","modified_gmt":"2015-03-05T07:36:40","slug":"mugabe-sacks-vice-7-ministers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=72813","title":{"rendered":"Mugabe sacks his Vice and 7 other Ministers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The President of Zimbabwe, Robert Mugabe has dismissed his Vice President, Joyce Mujuru and seven other government Ministers accused of plotting to oust him.<\/p>\n<p>This was revealed by the Chief Secretary to the Presidency and Cabinet Dr Misheck Sibanda.<\/p>\n<p>According to them, Mujuru was fired because of \u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/2014\/12\/05\/mugabe-fury-mujuru-death-plot\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: #666699;\"><strong>her conflicts of interest and inconsistent behaviour<\/strong> <\/span><\/a>with laid down standards.<\/p>\n<p>But there have also been conflicting reports that Mugabe is staging a personal attack against Mujuru to promote his own interest and that of his wife.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/Mugabe.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-72817\" src=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/Mugabe.jpg\" alt=\"Mujuru\" width=\"430\" height=\"250\" srcset=\"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/Mugabe.jpg 430w, https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/Mugabe-300x174.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 430px) 100vw, 430px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Expelled Zanu-PF member Rugare Gumbo recently\u00a0<span style=\"font-size: 13px;\">told the BBC the 90-year-old leader had \u201ccompletely\u201d turned the party into his \u201cpersonal property\u201d.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>[contextly_sidebar id=&#8221;y8zbKk4KjFNmvgSrs7XNhYiMJavffOjC&#8221;]The former Zanu PF member said Mugabe had targeted Mrs Mujuru to advance the \u201cfortunes\u201d of his wife Grace.<\/p>\n<p>Reports indicate that Mujuru and the other cabinet ministers were sacked in a Cabinet reshuffle.<\/p>\n<p>The decision to dismiss Mujuru comes days after she was publicly reprimanded.<\/p>\n<p>Mugabe denounced her before party loyalists and described her as a leader of a \u201ctreacherous cabal\u201d bent on removing him from power.<\/p>\n<p>Mujuru was earlier barred by the Zanu-PF party from <span style=\"color: #666699;\"><strong><a style=\"color: #666699;\" href=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/2014\/11\/26\/zimbabwe-vp-leadership-bid-blocked\/\" target=\"_blank\">serving on its powerful central committee.<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile Mujuru has refused to comment on the allegations levelled against her by Mugabe.<\/p>\n<p>Her only response during a three-month campaign against her by state media and Mugabe\u2019s 49-year-old wife, Grace, has been a short written statement in which she has denied allegations of corruption and plotting an assassination attempt.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>By: Marian Efe Ansah\/citifmonline.com\/Ghana<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The President of Zimbabwe, Robert Mugabe has dismissed his Vice President, Joyce Mujuru and seven other government Ministers accused of plotting to oust him. 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