ZANU-PF Finally Breaks Silence Over The Arrest of the Mugabe Boys

Zimbabwe’s ruling party, ZANU-PF, says it’s awaiting an official statement from South African authorities regarding the arrest of its late president Robert Mugabe’s son at his Hyde Park home in Johannesburg. 

Mugabe’s son and another man, aged 28 and 33 respectively, were taken into custody on Thursday and questioned as part of an attempted murder investigation into the shooting of a 23-year old employee on the property.  

They are being held at the Bramley Police Station.  

Police divers were brought in on Thursday evening to assist in searching for the gun. 

ZANU-PF spokesperson Farai Marapira has described the arrest of Mugabe’s son as a private matter, involving a private citizen. 

“The party does not flip flop on its stance which was made clear to me by President M that we have zero tolerance for impunity or any matters that may dissuade the pure functioning of the law. Be that as it may, we have full belief and trust in the South African legal service and the police that they’ll do a full investigation. And at this moment it’s a bit premature to be commenting on the matter until the police has issued a statement. So, we are just waiting on the police to finish the investigation and issue a statement so that can know exactly what has happened.”