Zanu (PF) has been accused of intensifying its campaign to destabilise the MDC by instigating divisions in the party along tribal lines.

Themba Nkosi, our Bulawayo correspondent, says he is reliably informed by his sources that Zanu (PF) has managed to send more of its spies to infiltrate MDC branches in and outside the country.

This has caused havoc within the opposition, which is still reeling from the effects of 'losing' the parliamentary elections, which many organsiations say were rigged by Robert Mugabe.

The tribal card has turned out to be the main issue as Zanu (PF) agents are said to be sewing seeds of hate between Shona's and Ndebele's in the MDC.

The worst affected is the Johannesburg branch of the MDC where interparty violence as a result of the infiltration, has left some people dead. Two weeks ago Morgan Tsvangirai and Welshman Ncube had to dash to South Africa and mediate in the bloody conflict involving two factions in central Johannesburg.