For decades his father was one of the world’s most feared dictators. Today, Robert Mugabe Jr. is on bail, pending a return to a Zimbabwean court on a charge of damaging property that could send him to jail.
JOHANNESBURG — His father was one of the world’s most feared dictators for decades. Today, Robert Mugabe Jr. is on bail pending a return to a Zimbabwean court on a charge of damaging property that could send him to jail.
In a sign of a change on the continent, having a famous last name no longer automatically confers political or legal immunity. Angola has an Interpol “red notice” against Ms. dos Santos. It claims she moved more than $1 billion to Malta, Dubai and Portugal. In December 2021, the Biden administration banned her from traveling to the U.S. because of “significant corruption by misappropriating public funds for her personal benefit.”
Ms. Dos Santos told The Washington Times that she has no doubt that her name will be cleared. “The judgment in Luanda was only the first step. My father was president, and I have been successful in business. Some people put those facts together and imagine I must have done something wrong, but time will show the case against me has no substance.”
Current Mozambican President Filipe Nyusi ordered an investigation, and court cases have been heard in Mozambique, the U.S. and Britain. Among those caught in the investigative sweep was Mr. Guebuza’s son Ndambi. A Mozambican court sentenced him in December to 12 years in prison on charges of embezzlement and money laundering.
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