Former first lady Grace Mugabe fears that
the government will go after her husband’s sprawling empire that consists of
commercial farms and a mansion in Harare, it has been revealed.
Grace had a serious fallout with President Emmerson
Mnangagwa’s government after she insisted on honouring Mugabe’s wish not to be
buried at the Heroes Acre in Harare.
Mugabe died in Singapore on September 6 and his death
triggered an ugly fight for his corpse between his family and the government.
He was eventually buried in his rural home in Zvimba on
September 28 when Mnangagwa was out of the country.
Mnangagwa assured Grace that she would not lose the Blue
Roof mansion and another house in Harare’s Mt Pleasant after this publication
revealed that they were registered under Zanu PF and that some government
officials had tried to use the issue of title to arm-twist the family to change
plans for Mugabe’s burial.
The government, however, last week made the first moves to
repossess four of the farms linked to Mugabe and his widow in the mineral rich
Mazowe area. They are Manzou Farm, Smithfield, Arnold and Foyle Estate.
Mugabe’s Gushungo Holdings is housed at Foyle Estate. Last
week Grace reportedly made frantic efforts to meet government officials to
discuss the status of the farms to no avail.
She is also said to be considering approaching regional leaders
that had close ties with Mugabe in an effort to sAVE the former Zanu PF’s
leader’s sprawling empire.
“The former first lady had been trying to stop the
impending takeover of the farms, but it seems she is fighting a losing battle,”
a Mugabe family insider said. Standard
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