It is no hidden fact that the Late Robert Mugabe of Zimbabwe was many things. Liked by some and loathed by others.
But we mourn his death and celebrate his life today.
Here are 5 things you didn’t know about Mugabe;
1. He was knighted by the Queen of England. Elizabeth II awarded Mugabe a Grand Knight Cross in the order of the Bath in 1994 for his role in the development of Zimbabwe/UK relations, but this was subsequently revoked.
2. His father, Gabriel Matibili, was a carpenter from Nyasaland (later Malawi), who abandoned the family.
3. In 2000 he won 100,000 Zimbabwe dollars in a lottery arranged by a partly stated-owned bank.
4. He was once nominated for the Nobel Prize and was awarded the Chinese equivalent in 2015.
5. He fathered his last child, Chatunga Bellarmine Mugabe when he was 73 years old.
He died after battling ill health, his family confirmed to the BBC. Mr Mugabe had been in hospital in Singapore since April.
Source: enca