Most of Robert Mugabe’s generous retirement perks will be inherited by his wife, Grace Philimon Bulaway/ReutersRobert Mugabe has been given a lavish retirement package that includes first-class air travel, a multimillion-pound mansion, private health insurance and numerous staff. Zimbabwe’s ousted president will also have a fully staffed private office, bodyguards and chauffeur-driven cars likely to cost the impoverished country tens of thousands of pounds each year. His wife, Grace, whose corruption and venality were blamed for bringing about the collapse of her 93-year-old husband’s career, will be allowed to keep most of the perks after he dies. The terms of Mr Mugabe’s soft landing after 37 years in office were announced in the state-run newspaper The Herald. Yesterday the chief of the armed forces who led the military takeover was…

Source: The Times December 29, 2017 00:02 UTC