Zim denies Grace Mugabe ‘wild animals export’ claims

CAPE TOWN — The Zimbabwean embassy in China has reportedly denied reports that Zimbabwe exported a variety of wild animals to settle a Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) debt.

The Times newspaper reported on Monday that First Lady Grace Mugabe recently sent a “menagerie of safari animals to a Chinese wildlife park to pay for military uniforms for the DRC”.

At least 35 elephant calves, eight lions, a dozen hyenas and a giraffe were said to have been exported to China to settle a debt of boots and uniforms bought for the Congolese military force.

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