Mugabe verbally attacked his chief propagandist, Jonathan Moyo, labelling him ‘the devil incarnate’ and a ‘weevil’ bent on destroying Zanu (PF) from within. Mugabe alleges Moyo replaced pro-Zanu (PF) editors at Zimpapers with MDC sympathisers. The appointment of most editors was nearly a year ago. One would expect that the candidates were thoroughly vetted.
Despite Mugabe’s allegations, state-owned newspapers have continued with their one-sided reporting. If any of the editors are indeed double agents then they have concealed their duplicity very well. What has changed is that the Zimpapers group has published stories exposing corruption in parastatals, whereas in previous years such stories may have never made it to print. The corruption exposés cannot be viewed as mischief-making on the part of Jonathan Moyo as Mugabe himself has often shouted ‘corruption must go,’ even though he has done little to eradicate graft.