Zimbabwe cancels security detail for Grace Mugabe and her three children
Harare — The state security detail provided by the Zimbabwe government for Grace Mugabe and her three children has been withdrawn, according to sources familiar with the developments.The withdrawal was effective at the beginning of 2018.It means that only former president Robert Mugabe now enjoys the provision of state security — a marked turn of events for the former first family.The perks that Mugabe is entitled to enjoy have been gazetted under the Presidential Pension and Retirement Packages notice of 2017 and was issued in a government gazette in December.Bona Mugabe, the couple’s eldest child is in Singapore where she is expected to give birth to her second child with Simba Chikore, her husband.Robert Mugabe Jnr and Bellarmine Chatunga Mugabe are in Johannesburg, were they are students at a local institution.The withdrawal of state security is likely to force the Mugabes to turn to the services of private security companies to provide them with protection.In particular, their ...
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