Zimbabwe terror cell bust in South Africa

Six Zimbabweans suspected of plotting to overthrow President Robert Mugabe's government are being held by the Hawks in Limpopo following their arrest a fortnight ago.

The five men and a woman, aged between 22 and 34, were apprehended at the Grobler's Bridge Border Post in Witpoort near Lephalale on their way to Mozambique to receive military training to force regime change in neighboring Zimbabwe.

According to the Hawks, the suspects were arrested with the help of foreign military assistance.

Their arrest comes shortly after claims by a Zimbabwean "terrorist" group, Smoke That Thunders, that Mozambique's Renamo bandits had offered them a military training base. The group claimed they were preparing to forcefully end Mugabe's 36-year rule before Christmas.

In a video posted online, a man who identifies himself as the group's commander, Jeff Judahosana, said the Mozambique-based group was recruiting men between the ages of 20 and 45.