President Emmerson Mnangagwa, has moved into the residential side of the State House, called Zimbabwe House, but shunned the official lavish apartment in favour of a cottage reserved as a guest house.
Instead of moving into the luxurious apartment his predecessor Robert Mugabe lived in before moving to his Blue Roof mansion in Borrowdale in the last years of his presidency, Mnangagwa moved into a modest guest house. Presidential spokesperson George Charamba explained why Mnangagwa opted to live in the cottage saying he does not need a big house. Said Charamba:
H.E. (His Excellency) and his family, you know his children are all grown now, so he decided that he lives in a smaller house from that whole complex, that is the one that was refurbished. So that’s where he is staying. But surely a home must be proportionate to your needs. You want him to live in the extravagant mansion for what? What will he be doing there?
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