{"id":65932,"date":"2014-11-17T16:37:57","date_gmt":"2014-11-17T16:37:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/?p=65932"},"modified":"2014-11-17T16:37:57","modified_gmt":"2014-11-17T16:37:57","slug":"zimbabwes-joyce-mujuru-denies-plotting-kill-mugabe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2014\/11\/zimbabwes-joyce-mujuru-denies-plotting-kill-mugabe\/","title":{"rendered":"Zimbabwe’s Joyce Mujuru denies plotting to kill Mugabe"},"content":{"rendered":"
Zimbabwe’s vice-president says she is taking legal action against state-owned media for linking her to an alleged plot to kill President Robert Mugabe.<\/p>\n
Joyce Mujuru said she had ordered her lawyers to restore her “political standing” after being falsely accused of treason and corruption.<\/p>\n
The Sunday Mail newspaper reported that a hit-man had planned to kill Mr Mugabe so that Mrs Mujuru could take power.<\/p>\n
Last month, Mr Mugabe, 90, said he did not plan to step down.<\/p>\n
He has governed Zimbabwe since independence in 1980.<\/p>\n
‘Demonic’<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n Mr Mugabe and Mrs Mujuru were once close comrades, but have now fallen out as a succession war rages in the ruling Zanu-PF party ahead of its annual congress next month, says the BBC’s Brian Hungwe in the capital, Harare.<\/p>\n Mr Mugabe’s wife Grace Mugabe has recently led a sustained public campaign against Mrs Mujuru, calling on her to resign.<\/p>\n