'Mugabe not on a begging visit to South Africa,' claims Jonathan Moyo

President Robert Mugabe is not on a "begging visit" to South Africa, Zimbabwe information star Jonathan Moyo claimed on Wednesday.

Mugabe, 91, is on the second day of a state visit to Zimbabwe's main trading partner.

There has been speculation he will ask for funding help, particularly in relation to a SADC summit on industrialisation that is slated to take place in Zimbabwe at the end of April.

Moyo tweeted: "#PresidentMugabeSAStateVisit bogus claims galore that it's a begging visit. Wake up people! This is 2015. Zim open for business. No begging."

The information minister was one of a number of top ruling ZANU-PF party officials who saw Mugabe off at Harare International Airport on Tuesday afternoon.