Revealed: Robert Mugabe Left $10 Million Cash in the Bank

Former Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe had $10m (about Sh1 billion) cash held in a local bank at the time of his death, according to reports.

This was reported by Zimbabwe’s State media The Herald, which quoted a legal letter from Mugabe’s daughter Bona Chikowore, who is supposedly seeking to register her father’s estate. Mugabe appears not to have left a will, according to the family’s lawyer.

A list of his estate published by The Herald also included some small plots of land and a handful of modest properties. During Mugabe’s reign as President, there were rumors about his wealth, including him owning a Scottish castle and a $1m property in Asia.

But the letter by his daughter Chikowore to the high court did not mention any of the two properties. Besides the cash in the bank, the letter listed four houses, 10 vehicles, a farm, and an orchard. Two houses in the upmarket suburbs of Harare are in the name of the governing Zanu-PF party, according to family lawyer Terrence Hussein.

Mugabe, who passed away in a Singaporean hospital on September 6th aged 95, was buried on September 28th in the courtyard of his home in Kutama, the rural village where he was born. His successor President Emmerson Mnangagwa revealed Mugabe had been battling cancer.

He died nearly two years after he was ousted from power in a bloodless military coup having ruled Zimbabwe for 37 years.