Gunshots at Mugabe home ‘frequent’, residents claim

A Hyde Park security guard has revealed that the shooting at the home of the late Robert Mugabe’s sons that left a gardener badly wounded was not the first time gunshots were heard from the sprawling mansion. According to the man who asked to remain anonymous, gunshots were also headd from the property several months back. The man spoke to Sowetan as drama unfolded in the at the property in Hydepark, Sandton yesterday.

Police descended on the mansion after a gardener was shot and wounded allegedly by Mugabe’s son Bellarmine. The 27-year-old was arrested with another unnamed suspect yesterday. They are expected to appear at the Alexandra magistrate’s court on a charge of attempted murder.

Residents in the area also revealed to Sowetan that they had often heard gunshots although they could not say if they came from the same house. Sowetan understands that the house is home to Bellarmine Mugabe and his 33-year-old brother Robert Mugabe Jnr. According to a security guard who works at one of the properties in the area, footage captured from cameras from one of the houses shows the moment the man falling on the street after sustaining a gunshot wound.

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READ|Grace Mugabe ‘assaults helper because Uncle Bob gave the worker money as a gift’ Police have confirmed the employee who was wounded was a gardener. According to a security guard in the area, a CCTV footage captured the gardener exiting the Mugabe house and then laying on the ground. “I heard two gunshots.

I then decided to check what was happening. That is when I saw the man in the street lying down. The man then went back into the yard,” said the gaurd. He said he heard the gunshots at around 10am and immediately contacted private security tactical team.

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