Exiled politician Professor Jonathan Moyo, has taken a swipe at ZANU PF leader Emmerson Mnangagwa saying the man has never been a leader and lacks a moral compass.

In a wide ranging interview with the local daily Newsday, Moyo, also makes assertions that Zimbabwe is a Chinese government puppet, and that should Vice President General Chiwenga succeed Mnangagwa, in ZANU PF power struggles, he too will be illegitimate.

Said Moyo, “There’s no leadership to assess. Mnangagwa has never been a leader and he will never be a leader. This is because leadership is about morality. You cannot be a leader when, like Mnangagwa, you have no moral compass, you never speak to the nation on moral issues because you know you are a disaster on that score; and when you have no regard for human life; and you take pride in shortening the lives of your opponents.”

“A leader with a moral compass empathises with the people and their everyday struggles; understands their suffering and is committed to fulfilling their aspirations through people-centred policies, which are not declared at Press conferences, boardrooms or in meetings, but are implemented on the ground.”

Moyo alleged that Mnangagwa has proven that he has not risen above his historical role as the Gukurahundi chief instigator and enforcer.