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Civil society activist Goodson Nguni was a runner for the late General Solomon Mujuru and constantly communicated government and Zanu-PF’s top secrets and strategies to the MDC without the knowledge of President Mugabe.

According to whistle blowing Wikileaks, between 2000 and 2001, Nguni would request the MDC to convey his leaked information to the British and American officials.

This, analysts said, dovetailed with his behaviour in which he is accused of being the source behind a NewsDay story recently that claimed that President Mugabe owed sacked former Zanu-PF Mashonaland East chairperson, Ray Kaukonde $30 million.

The money was reportedly loaned to the First Family to boost its business, the paper claimed.

President Mugabe has since cleared the air, saying he does not owe Kaukonde a cent.

Impeccable sources say it was Nguni, the leader of the Federation of Non-Governmental Organisations (FONGO), who fed NewsDay the purported Politburo discussions despite the fact that he is neither a Zanu-PF official nor sits in the Politburo.

The cables that were released in 2011 read in part: “Solomon Mujuru, Retired Commander of the army, sent an emissary (Goodson Nguni) to the MDC, without President Mugabe’s knowledge, according to a senior MDC official (Clive Puzey).

“The emissary informed the MDC of the government of Zimbabwe’s intention to provoke violent confrontations nationwide as a pretext for cracking down on the opposition party and its supporters to avoid this bloody scenario.”

Gen Mujuru is alleged to have “urged” the MDC to agree to any amnesty for current and past Zimbabwean government officials.