Former public service minister Patrick Zhuwawo has slammed Alex Magaisa for citing him in the BSR as power hungry.

Posting on twitter, Zhuwawo said Magaisa’s BSR on post-power syndrome appears to target Jonathan Moyo in particular but mentions Savior Kasukuwere and himself in a weak attempt to make the article appear to be a conceptual piece although it is an ad hominem attack on Moyo.

This comes after Magaisa said, “some like Professor Jonathan Moyo remain vocal in the political arena, while by contrast, former police boss Augustine Chihuri has been on mute since the coup.

“Mandi Chimene is allegedly holed up in Mozambique while others like Saviour Kasukuwere and Patrick Zhuwao are living in South Africa. Dr. Ignatius Chombo, who was detained and tortured during the coup, has been dragged around the courts to no avail”.

Responding to the allegations, Magaisa said, “Patrick Zhuwao you say I want to silence you and your friend, Prof Jonathan Moyo. I have no such power. You silenced yourselves by the egregious abuse of power during your time in govt. You lost the moral authority to speak on issues that you now claim to be champions of.”

“Check your friend’s record when he was Information Minister & how many journalists, media houses and citizens he mocked & silenced when he had the power to promote freedom. Daily News press bombing, Capital Radio, ZBC journalists, foreign journalists like Andrew Meldrum.

“You behaved like demigods, as if power would not end. And I haven’t even mentioned the abuse of Morgan Tsvangirai, the name calling & the disgusting, cruel and hurtful words when Itai Dzamara was abducted and caused to disappear in 2015, when you were all in government”.