While imprisoned, Mugabe learned that his son had died of encephalitis at the age of three. Mugabe was grief-stricken and requested a leave of absence to visit his wife in Ghana
Ali m'ndende, Mugabe adamva kuti mwana wake wamwalira ndi matenda a kuubongo ali ndi zaka zitatu. Mugabe anali ndi chisoni ndipo anapempha tchuthi kuti akaone mkazi wake ku dziko la Ghana