At least two cabinet ministers in Zimbabwe are suspected of passing official secrets to Western intelligence agencies seeking to spy on President Robert Mugabe's government, the Sunday Mail has reported.
The newspaper, one of the main government mouthpieces, said security authorities were closing in on several top ruling party and government officials believed to have divulged confidential information to "hostile intelligence agencies", including the United States Central Intelligence Agency and Britain's MI5.
It said Zimbabwean security authorities were investigating at least two cabinet ministers and an MP who had access to high-level government and ruling party meetings and who might have given information to foreign-based Zimbabwean officials, who sold it.
"The officials would receive handsome payments from enemy agencies," the paper said.
Zimbabwe has repeatedly accused Britain and the US of backing Mugabe's opponents and working towards his being ousted.
The ruling Zanu-PF was deeply divided in 2004 over Mugabe's autocratic style of rule. - Sapa-AP
