Zimbabwe spies held in South Africa

Zimbabwe spies held in South Africa

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By Staff Reporter

SOUTH African police have questioned four Zimbabweans - three of them members of that country's intelligence - for allegedly trying to spy on a meeting between unionists of both countries in Musina last week.

Ronel Otto, the Limpopo police spokesperson, said she could confirm that the four - three members of Zimbabwe's Central Intelligence Organisation and one civilian - were allowed to go back to their country after being questioned.

"They came over the border legally, with passports. They were not arrested, they were questioned and freed to go without any action being taken against them," she said.

The four were apparently "arrested" while trying enter the lodge where the meeting between the Congress of SA Trade Unions (Cosatu) and the Zimbabwean Congress of Trade Unions (ZCTU) took place.

The unionists had arranged the meeting after Zimbabwe turned away a Cosatu delegation at Harare's International Airport on Wednesday.

On Thursday, members from both unions travelled to Musina, South Africa, to discuss the way forward.

Zwelinzima Vavi, Cosatu's general secretary, said he heard that members of Zimbabwe's CIO were arrested while trying to spy on the meeting. But, he said: "I cannot confirm or deny that."

Tummi Golding, the police's spokesperson on crime intelligence, said: "So far this matter is under severe investigation. We can't comment on it."

Otto, when asked about the four and the circumstances in which they got to be questioned, she said: "I don't know much about them."

She said she could not even confirm whether they were spying on the Cosatu-ZCTU meeting - Reuters
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