Mugabe owes me, says Tsvangirai

Tsvangirai served as Prime Minister in the coalition government between 2009 and 2013 before losing a hotly-disputed election that gave Mugabe the sole mandate.

In a letter, in which he sought to clarify issues around his interactions with Mugabe, including reports he had secretly been given money to pay for his medical bills, Tsvangirai, through his spokesperson, Luke Tamborinyoka, claimed that Mugabe owed him and had rejected overtures to meet. He said Mugabe was angry because Tsvangirai refused to endorse the 2013 general election result.

Mugabe, according to Tamborinyoka, last met Tsvangirai a day before the July 31, 2013 elections with former Nigerian leader Olusegun Obasanjo mediating.

Former Cabinet minister Paul Mangwana, who was a co-chairperson of the Parliamentary Select Committee that crafted the new Constitution, said legally Tsvangirai had no locus standi to claim a pension.