Prominent Zimbabwean human rights activist, Jestina Mukoko and two senior MDC officials are being held hostage in a remote location in Kariba and ZANU PF plans to use them as ransom and accuse them of undergoing military training to force the MDC to enter into an all inclusive government, a source tells Metro.

“They are still alive,at least for now”, the source said, but refused to reveal the exact location where the captives are kept but told us that its a remote location in the Kariba area where the government also keeps anyone suspected of espionage,working for the CIA or M16.

The plan according to a source is that Mugabe’s regime wants Tsvangirai to be back in Zimbabwe and be sworn in as Prime Minister as they are fears that he is making a lot of progress outside of Zimbabwe.The regime desperately wants the MDC to be part of government as they feel they can contain that than the changing wave of opinion and leadership in the SADC region.

“You will notice the abductions started when Tsvangirai left the country,that is why he will never get a passport as long as he does not become Prime Minister, right now they will do anything to make him come back including making it uncomfortable for any country in the SADC to keep him, any country which keeps him will be accused of working with the west to topple the government”, revealed the source.

The recent abductions of MDC officials are calculated to cut the flow of information from Tsvangirai to MDC personnel so as to frustrate him and force him to return. State agents are reportedly interested in abducting one Chris Mbanga.

ZANU PF ’s plan also includes limiting the dissemination of information to SADC, as they feel this is weakening their hand.

“They are really worried about what countries in SADC are getting from the media,they do not care about the west that much. You will notice in the next few weeks an effort to muzzle anyone suspected to providing information and reporting for the international media, that is why Mukoko was seized–to warn others.”

“If the power sharing deal fails to materialise,they will simply declare a state of emergency and destroy the MDC completely” the source added.

Jestina Mukoko, director of the Zimbabwe Peace Project (ZPP),disappeared in the past six weeks and was seized when the government learnt that leaders in SADC were relying on her organisation’s reports for information on human rights abuses.

Within days, other abductions were carried out by groups of between six and nine armed men in civilian clothes using unmarked vehicles without number plates. On 7 November Brodrick Takawira and Pascal Gonzo, both of the ZPP, were abducted. Earlier Chris Dlamini, the MDC Director for Security was seized then on 10 December, Gandhi Mudzingwa, former Presidential Director for Morgan Tsvangirai, was kidnapped just outside Harare.

Mukoko’s organisation the ZPP, is funded by the Dutch and Canadian governments, is one of the most respected groups in Zimbabwean civil society. Its reports have been used in confidential diplomatic briefing documents.

One of the greatest fears of Mugabe and those involved in this year’s election-related violence is that the UN Security Council will call for an International Criminal Court investigation, as it did over Sudanese President Omar el-Bashir’s involvement in the Darfur killings.