Generous Retirement Package for Zimbabwe’s Ousted Robert Mugabe

Generous Retirement Package for Zimbabwe’s Ousted Robert Mugabe
A 2013 file image of past Zimbabwean president Robert Mugabe whose 37-year rule was marked by accusations of human rights abuses, electoral deception and economic incompetence. Alexander Joe/AFP/Getty Images
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Robert Mugabe may have been ousted from ruling over impoverished Zimbabwe but he isn’t going away empty handed. After a coup deposed him last month, Mugabe has now been given a very generous package that includes staff, mansion-sized housing, first class air tickets, and a Mercedes Benz S-Class, among other vehicles.

The details of the former dictator’s package were published in The Herald, a state-run publication, on Thursday, Dec. 28. The day before, current President Emmerson Mnangagwa gazetted the so-called pension and retirement benefits that a Zimbabwean former head of state is entitled to upon retirement.