A bitter Robert Mugabe says new President Emmerson Mnangagwa and his allies should apologise for last year’s military operation that ousted him from power – and he doesn't think Zanu-PF will win this year's polls.

Mugabe made the comments at a private party held for him on Saturday at his Harare mansion to celebrate his 94th birthday.

"They must accept and apologise that what they did was wrong," the private Standard newspaper quoted Mugabe as telling guests, who included ex-members of Mugabe’s former cabinet.

He revealed that the ruling party still wanted to work with him ahead of elections due in July, but asked: "Can they be trusted again? Can our people vote for such a Zanu-PF, a Zanu-PF which shredded the constitution? I don't know."

Mugabe was persuaded to step down last November in the wake of an army takeover. Parliament had already begun a process to impeach him.

SOURCE: News24
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