Unconfirmed online reports suggest that six highly trained assassins from Zimbabwe’s dreaded spy agency- the Central Intelligence Organisation (CIO)- are in South Africa ‘on a must-win mission to eliminate’ fugitive former Zanu PF cabinet ministers, Saviour Kasukuwere and Walter Mzembi.
According to the International Cables Network, the contingent of the CIO assassins comprises of five men and one woman.
“…some (of the assassins) travelled by Airlink which departed Harare Thursday morning while others drove to South Africa in a Zim registered double cab. The embattled (Zimbabwe President Emmerson) Mnangagwa believes Kasukuwere and Mzembi are working with the vocal war veterans and Vice President Constantine Chiwenga in trying to oust him from power,” the International Cables Network posted on its handle on X (formerly Twitter).
According to the post, the covert operation includes a directive to proceed to Namibia “where they will trail and assassinate” a former CIO operative who goes by the handle @CdeNMaswerasei on social media.
@CdeNMaswerasei has been on the forefront, exposing intricate security-related information on Mnangagwa’s administration since June 2020.
These developments come in the wake of rising tensions in Zimbabwe after a group of war veterans led by Blessed Runesu Geza aka ‘Bombshell’, publicly criticized Mnangagwa for seeking to disrespect the constitution by intending to extend his presidential term beyond the 2028 elections.
Geza is now wanted by the police on multiple criminal charges which analysts say are trumped up to settle political scores.
On the other hand, Kasukuwere and Mzembi have been using various social networking platforms to show their support for Geza.
The former cabinet ministers fled the country after Mnangagwa dramatically ascended to the presidency following a military coup that ousted the late long-ruling former president Robert Mugabe in November 2017.
Mugabe had been in power since Zimbabwe’s attainment of independence from British colonial rule, in 1980.
