Sabina Mugabe
Member of the House of Assembly of Zimbabwe for Zvimba South | |
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| In office 1985–2008 | |
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| Born | 14 October 1934 ZANU-PF |
| Children | Innocent Mugabe Leo Mugabe Kevin Mugabe Patrick Zhuwao Robert Zhuwao |
Sabina Gabriel Mugabe (14 October 1934 – 29 July 2010) was a Zimbabwean politician. She was the younger sister of the former Zimbabwean
president Robert Mugabe
.
Biography
Sabina Mugabe was born on 14 October 1934 at the Kutama
Jesuits of the Rome-based Marist Order, in the Zvimba District 50 miles northwest of Harare, to a Malawian-born father, Gabriel Matibili and a Shona mother, Bona.[1]
Sabina Mugabe left
She served as the
Member of Parliament (MP) for Makonde East from 1985 to 1990 and for Zvimba South from 1990 to 2008. She was implicated in the violent confiscation of farms owned by white Zimbabweans in the late 1990s and the early 2000s.[1] This included a link to the murder of a white Zimbabwean farmer by a mob she unleashed when she wanted his house for herself. Terry Ford, 55, was beaten and then shot in the head on his farm to the west of Harare. Earlier, in November 2000 Sabina Mugabe had informed Mr Ford that she wanted his farmstead "so she could move in".[3] That Mr Ford's old Jack Russell, Squeak, refused to leave his body added a poignancy to the story that saw the case make international headlines.[2]
She was placed on the United States sanctions list in 2003 and remained on the list until her death.[4]
Sabina Mugabe suffered a stroke in 2007 and retired as an MP in 2008. According to then President Mugabe, he visited her prior to her death and was told that one-third of her brain had been damaged by the stroke.[1]
Sabina Mugabe died in Harare on 29 July 2010, aged 75, following a long illness.[5][3][1]
References
- ^ a b c d e "Obituary: Sabina Mugabe, politician". The Scotsman. Retrieved 20 October 2016.
- ^ Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 21 October 2016.
- ^ a b "Robert Mugabe's younger sister, Sabina Mugabe dies". Zim Diaspora. Archived from the original on 21 October 2016. Retrieved 21 October 2016.
- ^ Blocking property of persons undermining democratic processes or institutions in Zimbabwe.
- ^ "Mugabe mourns after sister Sabina dies in Zimbabwe". BBC News. 30 July 2010. Retrieved 21 October 2016.