Zimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe Fires Vice President After Calling Her A Witch

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President of Zimbabwe Robert Mugabe has sacked his deputy after after calling her a witch and accusing her of plotting to kill him.

Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe (left) has fired his deputy Mrs Mujuru (right)

Mugabe, 90, fired Joyce Mujuru, 59, including eight other cabinet ministers whom he accused of corruption and attempting to assassinate him.

Speaking yesterday, he said he was reliably informed that she and her allies took two tadpoles to a witchdoctor.

He said:

“One of the witchdoctors said look for two tadpoles of different colours one should be named (President) Mugabe and the other should be called (Ms) Mujuru and put them in water.”

“That’s what happened. “They were made to fight and if (President) Mugabe’s tadpole dies then she will rule. Now if mine won against yours, it seems that is what happened then.

“I go to elections, fight an election and I am expected to bow to my deputy and say I won an election, you can take over?Did I not hear that or read that this man was going to die in September. But the man refused to die in that September and is still refusing to die.” 

Meanwhile, Mrs Mujuru had been tipped as the right person to succeeed Mugabe until the President's second wife, Grace, started a 3-month campaign  against her and accused her of being 'too dull' and 'corrupt'  to lead the nation.

According to Reuters, experts say the First Lady, Grace, is now being groomed to succeed her husband. Mrs Mugabe, 49, had repeatedly accused Mrs Mujuru of plotting to kill the President.

In a statement, Mujuru said:

"A vociferous attempt has been made to portray me as "a traitor", "murderer" and "sellout", yet no iota of evidence has been produced to give credence to the allegations."

Mrs Mujuru is the first vice president to be fired since Zimbabwe gained independence in 1980. Her four predecessors all died in office.