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Mugabe allies
charged in Zimbabwe spy case
Thu Dec 30, 2004 10:59 AM GMT
HARARE (Reuters) Zimbabwean authorities have charged four men
including senior figures from President Robert Mugabe's
party with selling state secrets to foreign agents, the
official Herald newspaper has reported.
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The report on
Thursday ended an official silence on the arrest
of flamboyant businessman Philip Chiyangwa, a
senior member of Mugabe's ruling ZANU-PF party,
which local private media first reported nearly
two weeks ago. The Herald said Chiyangwa appeared
in court on Wednesday charged with breaching the
Official Secrets Act. Zimbabwe's new ambassador
to neighbouring Mozambique Godfrey Dzvairo,
ZANU-PF external affairs director Itai Marchi and
Tendai Matambanadzo, an official at a local
commercial bank, also appeared on the same
charges, it said. Wednesday's court proceedings
were closed to media and the public
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