In 1997 there were growing demands for pensions from those who had fought for the guerrilla armies in the revolutionary war, and in August 1997 Mugabe put together a pension package that would cost the county Z$4.2 billion
Mu 1997 panali zofuna zochulukira za penshoni kuchokera kwa omwe adamenyera nkhondo zachiwembu pankhondo yachisinthiko, ndipo mu August 1997 Mugabe adasonkhanitsa ndalama zapenshoni zomwe zingawononge chigawocho Z$4.2 biliyoni