Self-exiled G40 kingpins are scheming to exploit, for
political expediency, the case of Vice President Constantino Chiwenga’s
estranged wife, Marry Mubaiwa, by launching a sustained smear campaign against
the Presidium.
Mubaiwa is in remand prison until December 30 on charges of
attempted murder, fraud, and currency externalisation.
Sources close to the Mubaiwa family said one of the G40
leaders based in South Africa mobilised money for legal fees.
The G40 leader is alleged to have instructed Mubaiwa to
defame and politically smear President Mnangagwa and VP Chiwenga.
Mubaiwa is facing charges of attempting to murder VP
Chiwenga, illegally externalising US$1 033 000, laundering US$990 000 and
fraudulently seeking to upgrade her customary union to a civil marriage without
her husband’s consent.
She is facing six counts of exporting foreign currency in
breach of the Exchange Control Act and five counts of concealing transactions
involving proceeds of crime in violation of the Money Laundering and Proceeds
of Crime Act.
Mubaiwa allegedly exported the money to South Africa and
China after misrepresenting that her companies intended to buy tents, chairs
and prepaid metres for use in Zimbabwe but she ended up buying houses and
top-of-the-range vehicles.
“The G40 leader told Marry to falsely allege that the US$1
million she allegedly laundered was in VP Chiwenga’s house. She has also been
coached to allege that the money she is alleged to have stolen was just small
change,” said the source.
In a bid to elicit sympathy from women, the defence team
would also allege that the VP bought houses for alleged girlfriends.
According to the source, the concoction was meant to
justify Mubaiwa’s purchase of properties outside the country using stolen money.
The source also revealed that there had been regular
telephone contact between the G40 leader and Mubaiwa, an interaction that
raised suspicion that the latter could have been spying on her husband on
behalf of the G40 over the years. Mubaiwa’s legal representative, Mr Taona
Nyamakura of Mtetwa and Nyambirai Legal Practitioners denied the allegations.
‘‘I’m not aware of those allegations. As lawyers, we are
doing our job professionally in a manner that protects the interest of our
client and the administration of justice,’’ he said.
The G40 cabal has been relentlessly conniving to undermine
and destabilise President Mnangagwa’s Government. They have reportedly
recruited a brigade of journalists who have formed an online group called
“Vasvibisi.”
The recruited journalists were reportedly tasked by G40
conspirators to generate fake news that would politically smear President
Mnangagwa and his Vice Presidents. Herald
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