Article: a spin doctor in the money.(Column)

Byline: NIGEL DEMPSTER

_ THE man who pushed through the Draconian media laws in Zimbabwe last week, Minister of Information Jonathan Moyo, seems to have a lot more money than the job pays.

In fact, Moyo, 45, is being accused of absconding with millions of rands and buying a luxury house in South Africa with some of it.

Witwatersand University in Johannesburg is seeking the return of part of a 100 million rand grant given to Moyo who claimed to be doing a research project.

'But instead, we found he was running President Mugabe's election campaign in money Zimbabwe,' says the university registrar, Derek Swanner.

Moyo is also ...

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