By Marcus Moloko
Lawyers representing Bellarmine Chatunga Mugabe, son of the late former Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe, have firmly rejected claims circulating on social media that he was recently spotted shopping at a Woolworths store in Midrand, South Africa.
The speculation was sparked by a photograph shared online showing a masked man in a grocery store, alleged to be Mugabe.
His legal representative, Sinenhlanhla Mnguni, dismissed the image as old and insists that his client has not returned to South Africa since his deportation in April.
“Our instructions are clear. Mr. Mugabe is currently not in the Republic of South Africa,” Mnguni said.
“He has been banned from entering the country for five years following the sentence handed down by the Alexandra Magistrate’s Court. He would not risk violating that order.”
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