Gauteng police search for firearm in Mugabe son’s shooting case

After a gardener was shot and seriously hurt at a Hyde Park property connected to Bellarmine Chatunga Mugabe, Gauteng police have detained two men for interrogation. Gauteng police are actively searching for the firearm allegedly used by Bellarmine Chatunga Mugabe, the son of the late Zimbabwean president Robert Mugabe, in a shooting incident that left a 23-year-old gardener in critical condition. The man is currently in critical condition in hospital.

The incident took place on Thursday at a residence in the upmarket Hyde Park suburb, north of Johannesburg where Chatunga Mugabe resides. Speaking to IOL News, Gauteng provincial police spokesperson Colonel Dimakatso Nevhuhulwi said, “The firearm has not been found.” She added that the matter was still under investigation. “We will not be commenting further on investigation progress unless or should there be an update worthy of being communicated,” she said.

Police deployed divers and a dog unit to search the property following the shooting. IOL previously reported that theSAPSin Gauteng confirmed that two men had been taken in for questioning following the shooting where Chatunga Mugabe resides. Nevhuhulwi described the circumstances of the shooting as “still a bit sketchy” but said preliminary investigations were underway.“ Two people aged between 33 and 24, were taken into custody.