[I am starting to like Jonathan Moyo. He could cause as much trouble for Mugabe as former Vice President Zuma could cause for Mbeki.

I wonder if Mugabe won’t have to consider killing Moyo for doing this?

I would love to see what comes of Moyo’s book! Well, Moyo was a crook, but I like anything that hurts Mugabe, and I hope Moyo manages to put a few knives in Mugabe’s back. Since he was an insider, he might just have some really explosive tales to tell.

I hated Moyo when he was Mugabe’s information minister. He was an incredible liar. But, I must say, he has always struck me as being quite intelligent. So Moyo could be a very dangerous man.

He is someone I am watching with interest. Jan]

President Robert Mugabe’s former spin doctor Jonathan Moyo, sacked earlier this year for defying Zimbabwe’s ruling party, is working on a book about his time in government, a newspaper reported Friday.

Once seen as Mugabe’s blue-eyed boy, the former information minister has become a fierce critic of the Zimbabwean government.

Moyo, a member of Mugabe’s cabinet for nearly five years, was sacked in February when he chose to stand as an independent candidate in March parliamentary polls, a move that saw him winning a seat in a remote rural constituency.

Moyo has promised to reveal the inner workings of the ruling Zimbabwe African National Union — Patriotic Front (Zanu-PF) party in his book, the Zimbabwe Independent reported.

“It would be a betrayal of my profession as a trained academic not to write a book of my memoirs and experiences while in government and of state policies and their implications for the country and for Africa as a whole,” Moyo, a professor of political science, told the paper.

The US-trained academic, who is searching for a publisher says he wants the book published before the end of the year.

“The book will be about everything I did before joining government, the reasons that led me to join government and Zanu-PF, the actual dynamics in government and in Zanu-PF,” the Zimbabwe Independent quoted him as saying.

Moyo was a staunch government critic before he joined the government. But during his time as information minister, Moyo became an ardent supporter of Mugabe’s controversial policies, including the forcible seizure of white-owned land, and a vociferous critic of the West, particularly former colonial power Britain.

He also crafted tough press laws — the Access to Information and Protection of Privacy Act (AIPPA) – that that were responsible for closing down four independent newspapers.

Since leaving government Moyo is reported to have become popular as a speaker at civil rights meetings in the Zimbabwe capital. – Sapa-DPA

Source: Daily Mail & Guardian
URL: http://www.mg.co.za/articlePage.aspx?articlei…/p>