Legal trouble as Zim Mafia campaign linked to UK based presidential hopeful

Barbara Nyagomo-Mambo, founder of the “One Million Zimbabwe Voices” campaign might face investigations by UK authorities over financial improprieties relating to the funding of the Zim Mafia anti-Mugabe campaign, we can exclusively reveal.

According to documents in our possession, the organisation, which is based in the UK, funded the Zim Mafia campaign (which operated in South African during the World Cup) to the tune of a generous ZAR80000. The campaign was wildly popular and reportedly so irked the Zimbabwean military elite that Central Intelligence operatives were sent to acquire and repatriate named targets that were believed to be handling the initiative’s daily affairs.

Despite public support for the campaign trouble seems to be in the horizon. Barbara Nyagomo-Mambo’s potential legal woes root from strict UK laws that prohibit the use or donation of charitable funds toward political campaigns. Her organisation, One Million Zimbabwean Voices,  is registered as a charity, entitling it to handsome tax exemptions and discounts.

According to the Zim Mafia financial records in our possession the campaign received finances to cover the costs of erecting Bill Boards, Hiring Design Consultants and generous perks for drivers and coordinators. A report is believed to have already been made to the UK authorities though it remains unclear if Mrs Nyangomo-Mambo is already under investigation. In the past some websites have carried reports that her husband is currently incarcerated in a UK prison after being convicted of fraud, allegations she dismisses.

Some quarters have raised concerns over Barbara Nyangoma’s funding with nuanced suggestions that her internet power base is comprised of wealthy Rhodesian ex-farmers who fund as well as strategise on her behalf.

Mrs Barbara Nyagomo-Mambo's presidential ambitions are no secret, she has publicly stated that she intends to run for president. Some have dismissed her as nothing more than a front for frustrated Rhodesian interests, whilst others have questioned the effectiveness of online campaigning in a country like Zimbabwe were less than 3% of the population regularly access the internet.

Requests for clarification regarding her involvement with Zim Mafia were unsuccessful. Our emails received no response despite being copied to both her private and business emails.

Mrs Nyangomo-Mambo made headlines in 2009 after accusing award winning girl child activist Betty Makoni and a self styled protest musician calling herself Viomak of swindling the public under the guise of raising funds for a Zimbabwean girl suffering from cancer.