Mugabe distances self from T-shirt deal

President Robert Mugabe's office has refuted claims by South African businessman, Nagara Dharmesh, that the Zanu-PF leader had contracted local businesswoman Patience Chivasa to supply Zanu-PF women's league campaign T-shirts and doeks for the December 2014 conference.

Last year, Dharmesh, who is director of Media Revolutions, a company which printed the T-shirts, approached the High Court, demanding payment of over $22 000 and claiming Chivasa had already been paid by Zanu-PF and Mugabe's office.

In her court papers, Chivasa attached a letter from the President's Office distancing itself from the deal.