Word on the street is that President Emmerson Mnangagwa and his wife, Auxillia, went ballistic on Eddie Cross, a big-shot economist and former presidential advisor. Cross had claimed that the First Family was up to its eyeballs in corruption and that the President's kids were involved in illegal activities. He said this after a huge national protest against the government.
Cross tried to smooth things over by meeting with Mnangagwa on Tuesday. But apparently, it was a real showdown. The President was seriously pissed and demanded Cross show him proof of all this corruption. An insider said Cross was either really gutsy or really dumb to say what he did.
Cross apologized to Mnangagwa, admitting he shouldn't have dragged the First Family into it. But he didn't back down on his claims that the government was rife with corruption. Then, on Wednesday, Cross ran into the First Lady at State House. She apparently went nuts on him, demanding proof her sons were corrupt.
Cross said she was like a mother bear protecting her cubs. She was in his face, yelling and cursing, which shook him up pretty bad. He apologized again for his comments about the First Family but still didn't totally reverse his overall stance on government corruption.
Mnangagwa told Cross he wants a detailed report on all this corruption. Cross says he's working on it now. This whole mess shows how touchy the ruling elite gets about corruption claims. It also shows how much pressure Mnangagwa is under to clean up the government as people get more and more fed up.
Cross tried to smooth things over by meeting with Mnangagwa on Tuesday. But apparently, it was a real showdown. The President was seriously pissed and demanded Cross show him proof of all this corruption. An insider said Cross was either really gutsy or really dumb to say what he did.
Cross apologized to Mnangagwa, admitting he shouldn't have dragged the First Family into it. But he didn't back down on his claims that the government was rife with corruption. Then, on Wednesday, Cross ran into the First Lady at State House. She apparently went nuts on him, demanding proof her sons were corrupt.
Cross said she was like a mother bear protecting her cubs. She was in his face, yelling and cursing, which shook him up pretty bad. He apologized again for his comments about the First Family but still didn't totally reverse his overall stance on government corruption.
Mnangagwa told Cross he wants a detailed report on all this corruption. Cross says he's working on it now. This whole mess shows how touchy the ruling elite gets about corruption claims. It also shows how much pressure Mnangagwa is under to clean up the government as people get more and more fed up.
