“Mujuru was the last remaining person within ZANU PF who was able to speak out against Mugabe during politburo meetings. His death, whether an accident or an assassination ordered from the very top, benefits Mugabe more than any other individual. It has removed the last remaining strong voice to challenge Mugabe.”
The analyst told SW Radio Africa that most people were focused on accusing a rival faction led by Emmerson Mnangagwa, ignoring the fact that Mugabe is still in charge, despite his declining health. Mugabe has also shown no desire to exit the political stage. In fact he was reported to have confessed to Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai that he cannot retire because his divided party will implode.
MDC-T Secretary General Tendai Biti added to the speculation over Mujuru’s death by pointing a finger at ZANU PF. Addressing over 35,000 party supporters at Sakubva Stadium in Mutare Biti said: “ZANU-PF will invest in violence, they will invest in arms. Now they have a new tactic of roasting people. That is the ZANU-PF we know, those are the ZANU-PF fingerprints. That's the ZANU-PF DNA.”
Several reports are also linking Mujuru’s death to the death a few days before of prominent Mutare diamond dealer, Bothwell "Sir Bathez" Hlahla. Its alleged former street kid ‘Bothie’, as he was also known, was a front for General Mujuru and amassed wealth through brokering diamonds from Chiadzwa. Bothie died when he was involved in a fatal accident while driving his top-of-the-range CLX convertible Mercedes Benz.
It’s also reported that Mujuru died on the day of a planned meeting to see international diamond dealers in Beitbridge. Allegedly the meeting was to resolve a payment dispute over diamonds already sold from the River Ranch Mine that Mujuru seized from the previous owners. Mujuru dying within a few days of his most trusted diamond dealer has opened up another massive avenue of speculation.
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