Former president Robert Mugabe has confirmed that he wants his pension in cash but not necessarily in dollars. “I want to correct on...
Former president Robert Mugabe has confirmed that he wants
his pension in cash but not necessarily
in dollars.
“I want to correct one thing: that we demanded it to be in
dollars. CBZ is our banker and when Dr (Mariyawanda) Nzuwah (the then head of
the Civil Service Commission) came and we did the benefits according to the
constitution, he said ‘do you prefer your package in cash or we can deposit it
into your account?’ We said in cash. We didn’t demand. We would never demand.
He denied that he owned 21 farms “ Where are the farms? I
don’t have them. I got a farm in Norton, Highfield Farm. I bought it, it’s
sandy but it has one virtue, it’s close to the dam. But during a season like
this one, you get nothing because it’s just water flowing on it. I built Alpha
Omega dairy (in Mazowe), that is all.
“That is all I have. The others belong to my children and
relatives. She (Grace) has, naturally, some land around the children’s home,
but as for me that is all I have.
Mugabe said he stayed in power for so long because he was
the only one to keep the party intact.
“I always listened to the people. The people still wanted
me. And one other thing is I also looked at my circumstances. Nkomo is no more,
(Simon) Muzenda, (Joseph) Msika, they are all gone. If I go, who would keep the
party intact?”
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