Two of Zimbabwe's "real" rulers: Augustine Chihuri (left) and Constantine Chiwenga.Photo: Reuters/The Age
Talking In Secret In Zimbabwe, With A 'Mugabe Man' Who
Isn't Really -- L.A. Times
Isn't Really -- L.A. Times
A senior officer of the CIO, the nation's intelligence agency, discusses the waning loyalty to Zimbabwe's president.
Reporting from Harare, Zimbabwe -- The man is nervous. He's from the "President's Office," and that doesn't mean serving tea to Robert Mugabe. It's Zimbabwe's version of the KGB: the Central Intelligence Organization.
He says all his phones -- cell and land-line -- are bugged, so we're meeting in secret at a house belonging to a go-between in suburban Harare. His voice is barely audible, and he can't sit still. As loyalty to Mugabe wanes, disillusioned insiders like the CIO man are becoming more willing to speak out. Still, he's worried that talking to a foreign journalist could land him in serious trouble.
In Zimbabwe, even the spies are watched.
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My Comment: Everyone in Zimbabwe is looking after their own best interests now. After more than 25 years of Mugabe rule, we now have an economic collapse, a health care crisis, HIV infections rates through the roof, a collapse of the education system, hunger everywhere .... famine in some other areas. Inflation, unemployment, corruption, and a diaspora of Zimbabwean people in neighbouring countries.
Sigh .... I know that Africa will look like Zimbabwe in one more generation.