Sally knew about our affair - Grace Mugabe

Dali Tambo chats to the Mugabes over a vegetarian meal, screened on People of the South. Picture: YouTube

Dali Tambo chats to the Mugabes over a vegetarian meal, screened on People of the South. Picture: YouTube

Published Jun 10, 2013

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Johannesburg - Before hinting at a romantic interest in Grace Marufu, Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe was nothing but a “father figure” to her.

This is according to Grace, his youthful former secretary and now his wife.

She was speaking on Sunday night in the second instalment of the magazine programme People of the South on the lives of the Zimbabwean presidential couple and some of their children.

The South African-born Zimbabwean first lady said she had not “in the least” expected Mugabe to propose.

Presenter Dali Tambo enjoyed a vegetarian lunch with the couple and their children Bona, 24, and Bellarmine, 16, at State House while engaging them on family life, romance and controversies that have dogged the first family.

Grace grew up in Benoni. She said she dated Mugabe while his terminally ill wife Sally was still alive.

Mugabe, she said, had told her that he had informed Sally about their affair and children, adding that Mugabe had hinted he and Sally had “an agreement one way or another” about their affair.

Sally died in 1992. Mugabe married Grace - 42 years his junior - four years later.

The Star

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