Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe has sacked Information Minister Jonathan Moyo after he defected from the ruling ZANU-PF party to run as an independent in upcoming parliamentary elections. Mugabe spokesman George Charamba on Saturday said Moyo who has spearheaded Mugabe's propaganda campaign through five years of mounting political and economic crisis had been stripped of party membership, his legislative seat and cabinet post. "By his actions, he ceases to be a member of parliament and a minister in [the] government," Charamba said in a statement. Moyo registered on Friday as an independent candidate for the 31 March parliamentary elections after being sidelined in a power struggle to become Mugabe's likely successor when he retires in 2008. |