JOHANNESBURG Zanu (PF) has allegedly organised the transfer of Zimbabwes former Consular-general in South Africa, Chris Mapanga, because he was becoming too close to the MDC led by Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai.
Sources in the Consulate revealed that Mapanga was removed from his post about two weeks ago. Although he had all along been accused by Zimbabweans in South Africa for corrupt tendencies, he had never been placed under any scrutiny by the Harare government. But sources said this time he could not survive an alleged sting operation by members of the Central Intelligence Organisation (CIO).
He was removed from the post unceremoniously about two weeks ago, after some officers from the Presidents office had accused him of having become too close to the MDC, said a source who did not want to be named. A new Consular-general, only known as Magwenzi, has taken over. Mapanga is no longer in office and already out of the country as we speak, said another source.
Also said to have entered the CIO radar is Zimbabwean Ambassador to South Africa, Phelekezela Mphoko, who is said to be linked to the opposition Zapu party. Mphoko is surviving because of his close links to the neighbouring countrys President Jacob Zuma, with whom he fought during the liberation struggle, as part of the ZIPRA/Umkhonto Wesizwe alliance.
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