Former president

They believe Lonsdale was entitled to this payment, in recognition of his service to the country.

The call comes just ahead of the election of a new president on Thursday.

Lonsdale's son Clifton said since his father died there has been no payout to the family.

Photo file Caption: Former President, late Baldwin Lonsdale,

The MSG Observer Group will comprise of highly respected citizens from the MSG Members - Fiji, Kanak and Socialist National Liberation Front (FLNKS), Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands and Vanuatu and will be supported by the MSG Secretariat support team.

Mataskelekele, a lawyer by profession having obtained his degree at the University of Papua New Guinea and had previously served as first indigenous Solicitor General and Supreme Court Judge.

Toko Kopu, 57, joined the gang aged 15, and rose to become president of an influential Mob chapter.

Life in the gang involved major drug deals, barking like dogs and using Nazi slogans like "sieg heil", he told Daily Mail Australia.

After a period that included robbing a bank and bashing a cop, Kopu traded in his patch for the controversial Destiny Church through its "Man Up" programme, which aims to raise better fathers, brothers and sons.

Young men often turned to crime and gangs because of absent fathers or abuse they suffered, Kopu said.

President Emmerson Mnangagwa, a former loyalist, was sworn in on Friday and attention is focused on whether he will name a broad-based government or select figures from Mugabe's era.

The Standard newspaper quoted sources within Mr Mugabe's inner circle as saying the devout Catholic held a rosary as he told his close associates and a team of negotiators at his 'Blue House' Harare mansion that he was resigning. He announced the decision as parliament heard a motion to impeach him.

"He looked down and said 'people were chameleons'," one of the sources was quoted as saying.