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.