Mugabe and Wife Refuse to Vacate State House

Former Zimbabwe president Robert Mugabe still has the keys to an official residence more than four months after he was forced to retire, spokesperson claims.

George Charamba, who was Mugabe’s spokesperson and is now the spokesperson for new president Emmerson Mnangagwa said on Sunday: “Someone is not telling the country that the former president still holds the keys for that house.”

Charamba’s comments come after claims that laptops stored by the former first family in haulage containers at Zimbabwe House – the ‘residential’ wing of State House in central Harare – have gone missing.

Said Charamba: “Mnangagwa hasn’t set foot at Zimbabwe House but how do you keep the keys to the property when there is someone who must come in?”

Mugabe, 94, was persuaded to retire last November after a military takeover. He had been in power for 37 years.

Source:News24