The Varakashi 4ED are also reported to be working with the Forever Associates Zimbabwe an organisation created ahead of the 2023 election by then Deputy Director of the Central Intelligence Organisation (CIO) Walter Tapfumaneyi (now head of the Zimbabwe National Army) to secure votes for Mnangagwa...
It was his deputy retired Brigadier General Walter Tapfumaneyi who led the successful Forever Associates Zimbabwe during the 2023 election which used door-to-door campaigning and intimidation tactics to secure Mnangagwa's win...
The security elites listed under GloMag are: Chiwenga; Minister of Defence Oppah Muchinguri; Police Commissioner-General Godwin Matanga; Deputy Commissioner-General Stephen Mutamba; Deputy Director-General of the Central Intelligence Organisation Walter Tapfumaneyi and former Minister of State for Security Owen Ncube...
The group's origins are shadowy but it appears to be closely linked to the military and security services in particular to retired Brigadier Walter Tapfumaneyi (Dispatches 15/8/23 Ruling party and proxies step up violence in run-up to national elections)...
Temba Mliswa the independent Norton MP who defected from ZANU-PF claims FAZ reports directly to the Central Intelligence Organisation in particular to the Deputy Director Retired Brigadier General Walter Tapfumaneyi whose wife Jessica won the primary election in Zvimba South where FAZ officials were busy...