The Rise and Death of Peter Pamire...
Peter Pamire was a prominent Zimbabwean entrepreneur who died in a tragic car accident. Pamire is credited for having been one of the first Zimbabweans to call for black empowerment and together with Philip Chiyangwa they played an influential role in the formation of the black empowerment lobby group called Affirmative Action Group (AAG) in 1994 and he also became the vice president of the group.Government doctors said he died as a result of an accident caused by a small ditch which sent his Pajero 4-wheel drive rolling several times before hitting a tree. He was driving towards his Borrowdale home.
However, experts from Mitsubishi, manufacturers of Pajero dismissed both conclusions by police that the accident had either been caused by a broken break pipe or the small ditch on Addington Lane where the crash happened.
The agent — referred to here as Agent K — arrived in Britain in 2005 after quitting the intelligence services.
He told Mathuthu: “I couldn’t live with the fact that I was party to a murder of an innocent man directly authorised by President Mugabe. I am doing this for posterity.”
Agent K has offered to testify via video link if the inquiry into Pamire’s death is re-opened.
After Mathuthu handed Pamire’s brother, Ignatius, a dossier of the sensational interview with Mugabe’s man, he said: “So many lies have been told about my brother’s death and this man(Agent K) could be the missing
link to getting justice for my brother.”
Talking exclusively to Mathuthu, Agent K revealed: A fellow black empowerment guru had told President Mugabe that his wife was dating Pamire. Pamire’s wife was offered $4,5 million for revealing Pamire’s itinerary, which she declined.
President Mugabe personally authorised the CIO to “deal” with Pamire, a
euphemism for “kill” in intelligence circles.
. Pamire was actually SHOT, contrary to what the police and doctors claimed
at his inquest.
He said: “Peter had been dating Mrs Mugabe for a while and it was his friend
X (fellow black empowerment activist) who went and told Mugabe of the news.
At the time, X was working for the CIO and had attended several workshops in
Bindura with us.
“Following the disclosure, President Mugabe called a high level intelligence
meeting and ordered that Pamire should be dealt with. It was clear he meant
we must kill Pamire.
“From that point, I was part of a special team sent to kill Pamire.
Initially, we were first going to interview him and so we went to his
offices on Five Avenue but he only spoke to us via intercom. He wouldn’t let
us in and we left.”
A few weeks later, the CIO learnt Pamire was to leave for South Africa on business and approached his wife for his itinerary. They offered her $4,2 million for the information, which she declined.
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But she did tell us when Pamire was returning,” revealed agent K. “On the day Pamire touched down at the airport, we were there. I was driving a Mazda 626 Executive and we had another Isuzu Twin Cab.
“Pamire’s wife was there and as they left, we trailed Pamire as the wife went a separate route, apparently to go to a ‘baby shower’.
“We trailed Pamire onto Addington Lane and a colleague, Lewis Mucheke, who was sitting on the front passenger side, pulled his gun and shot Pamire. The Pajero rolled, rolled and rolled before hitting a tree.
“The CIO HQ, meanwhile, rang the ambulance services to tell them no vehicle was to be sent to the scene of the accident until the go-ahead was given. That allowed us to cover our tracks. Nathan Shamuyarira (jnr), another
agent, took a rod and traced the path of the bullet which had gone in from just under the back neck up to just under the eye.
“That rod effectively removed any impression Pamire had been shot. Usually, post mortems where the CIO is responsible for the death of an individual are carried out by doctors who work for the CIO, and will generally give a false account of the circumstances under which an individual died.”
