Zimbabwe's vice president, once seen as a possible successor to President Robert Mugabe, has been linked to an alleged plot to assassinate the 90-year-old leader, a state-run newspaper reported Sunday.
| "I kept waiting for the old codger to die. He got sick, and then sicker and then sicker. And I waited, and he got sicker and sicker. And then, he lived!" |
An ally of Vice President Joice Mujuru who was recently ousted from his post as ruling party spokesman said the allegations that he conspired against Mugabe are false. Rugare Gumbo, the ousted spokesman, was identified in The Sunday Mail as a plotter against Mugabe, who has been in power since independence in 1980.
| Sounds like Joice will say whatever it takes to remain alive... |
The Sunday Mail cited a voice recording and reported comments as evidence of the alleged plot but it did not attribute the information to security officials or other sources.
Political factions are maneuvering for influence ahead of the annual ruling party congress next month. Mujuru has come under repeated verbal attacks from the president's wife, Grace.
| Sorta like coming under attack from Moo-chelle but with a slightly higher risk of death, as opposed to being forced to eat a modern school lunch... |
Grace Mugabe has assumed an increasingly political role, angering some party insiders who believe she does not have leadership credentials in a country struggling with high unemployment and other social problems.
| She does, however, know where all the bodies are buried, and she does have Bob's ear (and teeth, and testicles, and... |
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