FULL TEXT: Mujuru Responds to Mugabe
8 December 2014
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MUJURUSTATPRESS STATEMENT ISSUED BY THE HONOURABLE VICE PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF ZIMBABWE, AND MEMBER OF THE RULING PARTY, ZANU PF – HONOURABLE DR. JOICE TEURAI ROPA MUJURU, TO THE CITIZEN’S OF ZIMBABWE.
Dear Comrades, friends, fellow citizens and countrymen:
I am grateful to the Lord that I am able to address you once again, despite the ever present but still unlawful threats against my person. The State Media, has continued to publish malicious untruths about me in the run up to, and after the 6th Congress of the ruling Zanu PF party.
Having listened intently to the numerous unfounded allegations levelled against me, I feel compelled to correct these unsubstantiated statements, misconceptions, lies being communicated to His Excellency The President of the Republic of Zimbabwe Comrade R G Mugabe, and the general public.
Alleged Treasonous Conduct:
As a law abiding citizen of Zimbabwe, I abhor the very notion that an elected President or Government of the day can be removed from office through wrongful or unlawful means.
The allegations that I, alone, or (together with various distinguished Comrades) have sought to or attempted to remove His Excellency R G Mugabe from office are ridiculous.
Earlier this year, in Chinhoyi, I had occasion to state publicly that the Zanu PF Party had been infiltrated by a group of persons with nefarious intent, whose objective is to destroy the Party from within. As a result of my objections to this agenda, I have become the fly in a web of lies whose final objective is the destruction of Zanu PF and what it stands for and ultimately the present Government of H.E R G Mugabe.
A vociferous attempt has been made to portray me as “a traitor”, “murderer ” and “sell out”, yet not a single iota of evidence has been produced to give credence to the allegations.
Alleged practice of “witchcraft”:
Were it not that the allegations of the practice of “witch craft “have been made in relation to a very serious matter, I would not have been concerned. Suffice to say that I am and have always been a God-fearing person and would not and have not resorted to witchraft to advance my political career. Support comes from the people,  it cannot be divined under cover of darkness.
Association with the Apostolic Christian Council of Zimbabwe:
I was invited to be Patron of the ApostolicChristian Council of Zimbabwe, which represents at least 700 apostolic Christian churches in Zimbabwe, as long ago as January 2011. This was with the full consent and blessing of His Excellency. I have since then, with the full knowledge of the Head of State, attended numerous church gatherings, as Patron and also as Vice President. There has never been any clandestine or unlawful gatherings that I have been a part off.
Alleged incompetence and ineptitude
In my position of Vice President , I had numerous responsibilities including mid-last year, the duty to campaign (amongst others) for the Party in the national elections. I personally held and attended 43 campaign rallies all over Zimbabwe in a three week period, often at great personal expense, and happily losing 4kgs in that period! The result of the 2013 elections has been recorded in history, and I believe I played my part in the outcome.
Having been Vice President for the past 10 years, I am perplexed that allegations of ineptitude only arose a few weeks before Congress.
The position of women in Zimbabwean Society
I believe that I have advanced national causes as Vice President, and especially issues that affect the family, women, youth and children – successfully. We the women of Zimbabwe are legally, and constitutionally – equal citizens to men, we should not be derided or treated as second class citizens in our society which is supposed to be modern and progressive.
Threats against my life and person
Towards the 6th Zanu PF Congress, the forces at work in the Party realized that I was not and would not resign any of my public or party positions on flimsy or contrived grounds. Therefore, their strategy moved from being one of persistent denigration and defamation in the national state media and newspapers, to one of direct threats against my person and life.
My agents were wrongfully and unlawfully prevented from submitting my nomination papers for the Congress and subsequently the state media and newspapers advised me that my life and person was at risk if I attended the Congress. In the interests of public order, and given that this unprecedented “screening”of delegates was unchallenged by the Party Leadership, I decided to stay away from the inevitable public humiliation as was meted out to other unfortunate members of the Party . I made my fears known to the Party Leadership. It was important to maintain the dignity of the office of the Vice President even in the face of such unwarranted violence by a section the party membership.
Simplicity- thy name is Teurai
Fellow Zimbabweans, I regret that I must accept, one of the allegations. I am a simple village girl from Dotito. I went to join the liberation war at the age of 18 years and when I first became a cabinet minister in 1980 I could hardly speak, read or write English! Through encouragement from His Excellency, I went to night school and over the years have systematically and diligently improved myself academically (just as many of you have done over the years) culminating in the recent doctorate degree from the University of Zimbabwe.
There are a few practical truths that I must share, which I appreciate all the time.
Zimbabweans are crying out for solutions to the simple problems we have:

  • how to put food on the table, how to obtain healthcare,
  • sending our children to school
  • providing transport for them and restoring the transport infrastructure,
  • keeping our cities clean,
  • and restoring electricity to all urban households together with clean running water.
  • It is these simple problems that I have dedicated my life and career to and will continue to pursue.

Criminal Allegations
I maintain that I am, and remain, a law-abiding citizen who has not been involved in any criminal activity. The reported accusations of criminal conduct are based on the alleged actions of third parties who the state media has tenuously linked to me out of desperation. This approach can only be explained as a well-orchestrated smear campaign, and gross abuse of state apparatus and resources.
Alleged Abuse of Office
As I stated before, I have always utilized my office to faithfully assist His Excellency President R. G Mugabe in driving the social and economic programmes of his Government to successful fruition. At no point have I ever been motivated by self-interest when discharging my public duties.
Alleged Assassination of the President
The most repugnant allegation made recently has been that I sought to assassinate the President. My loyalty to His Excellency and my country Zimbabwe, is unquestionable. I would never be party to such an action or activity, alone or in a group.
Conclusion
In conclusion my fellow citizens, let it be known that I am loyal to the President and faithful to my Party, and its leader, devoted to its aims, obedient to its cause and resolute in my service to Zimbabwe. God bless you all.
DOCTOR JOICE TEURAI ROPA MUJURU

11 Replies to “FULL TEXT: Mujuru Responds to Mugabe”

  1. Joice Mujuru, why didn’t you comment on corruption allegations. Why didn’t you comment on importing genetic modified maize, on importation of chickens from Brazil, on gold that you shipped out of Zimbabwe in tons, on Ngoda you shipped in tons? Why didn’t you make comments on allegations of downing a chopper? You are a shame and pathetic liar. Why didn’t you comment on your Airport business deal allegations that you fleeced people off their money? Why didn’t you comment on your daughters stealing and swindling people out of their hard earned cash?

  2. This woman is disappointing and every time she speaks out she proves her detractors wrong…..She says she has advanced women and children’s causes….name them? Which women did u uplift chero mu ZANU macho?????? She says she never used her position for personal gain and yet there are numerous instances of instances where the general public chaiyo knows she did……after Murambatsvina is it not true kuti she got a company she and her family are majority shareholders to get exclusive contract for bricks and other building materials under the government housing scheme that was launched? Ko company ye ma number plate which she later sold to another top minister? Ko chimunda at chiadzwa where dozens dies and was known as Churu Cha Mai Mujuru???? Ko Ma stands? Ko the Sugarcane farms?
    She is trying to gain public sympathy because people don’t like Grace but she is not answering any questions about her integrity directly??? Deny that you were invlived in any corruption and dare those with proof to come forward and see what crawls out of the woodwork

  3. Do not attempt to patronise us Mujuru. You never went to school to improve yourself academically. We have it on record how the security agents cowed lecturers into giving you pass marks of your Bsc (Womens University) and Msc (Chinhoyi University). This bears testimony to your propensity to abuse office. Its on record that you failed dismally in the said programs and you never wrote and defended any doctoral dissertation. You, alongside that imbecile called Grace received doctoral degrees which are not worth the papers they are printed on. If you were honest as you would like us to believe, please oblige by returning these “degrees” with humility. You, Zanu PF and corruption are inseparable, and you can not glass over issues easily, and make us believe you are a the victim here. You know how the Zanu PF Mafia operates. Do you recall when you underwent the Mafia initiation ceremony and were inducted? You were told “Go against the mafia and you will wake up with your own head besides you in your bed” Get a taste of what you cooked for yourself “Dr”.

  4. ABUSE OF OFFICE: Mbuya you could hardly find something to write against these allegation save for a weak denial summed up by three sentences.Your abuse of office and corruption is so documented and I don’t think you did it justice by your weak denials,vana venyu vasikana are involved in shoddy deals where they con potential investors with impunity.

  5. Was it necessary to wait until the US embassy also issues its statement ? What a coincidence? Pafunge! Did the VP , Butau , Mudariki meet the US embassy officials as alleged in the Wikileaks? Answers to such questions will inform the Zim public!

  6. silly. all of them cant quit zpf. zvakaoma. mujuru was treated so badly and should just quit zpf. maybe she wants to protect claimed 9billion assets. ndoo zvinonetsera hupfumi whusiri straight.
    Mujuru please just quit zpf. zpf inoshamisei chaizvo.
    the likes of mutezo, vajaira kumora. at one time mutezo was running a fleet of buses using diesel from a parastatal which was under his control. the day he quit the buses immediately went of the road.

  7. She continue to praise the president and start to talk of imaginary ghosts destroying the party instead to acknowledge that she is party of the rot that has made zpf unpopular by her corrupt deals- the so called infriltrators are a blessing in disguise to us the suffering povo. If you are a leader of substance tell the president to reign in his wife than to make us believe that the president is being misinformed-you no longer have the shield that brought Mugabe to the throne and you are now vulnerable thus how zpf operate and you know that many people have been victims during your tenure in the highest office and you did nothing.
    Today you want to tell us that you are God fearing person please ubozinuka amakhwapha -you are guilty as charged like the entire zpf corrupt individuals save for few honest hardworking guys. Your purging is worth praising join us the povo and feel the heat my dear.

  8. A dictator of Mugabe’s calibre does not listen to any reason so this approach by Teurai is as good as her silence. Apart from amassing wealth like all of them she did nothing against Zanupf. They all know this. She is however proving to be unable to help Zimbabweans out of their situation. She just can not be part of the struggle to free our country from looters, murderers and liars. She sounds weak and unreasonably apologetic. She is till refusing that Mugabe is the one who says she is a witch. He is the one who sent his wife to spread all the lies and hatred against her. She is terribly naive.

  9. zvakaoma weduwee. Hapenoooo pedzeranai ikoko. Asi dindingwe rinonaka richakweva rimwe…………

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