Celebrations took place on the streets of Harare after Mugabe stood down yesterday, with Emmerson Mnangagwa due to take over as new president.
The 93-year-old’s decision to end his 37-year rule came after he was detained by the Zimbabwean army as part of a military coup last week.
Mugabe’s exact whereabouts are unknown but there are rumours he has left Zimbabwe with former Zambian president Kenneth Kaunda who was visiting him.
Nick Mangwana, who heads at Zanu-PF’s London branch, said: “We don’t normally blog rumours here.
“But there are strong indications that president Mugabe left for Zambia with president Kaunda. Hopefully to allow a smooth transition.”
The dictator was initially confined to his ‘Blue Roof’ mansion in Harare, though he did travel to State House last week where he was pictured meeting with the military and negotiators.
He also found time to attend a graduation ceremony at the University of Zimbabwe, where he was spotted with his eyes closed during the proceedings.
Where Mugabe will go now is open for debate but one possibility is that he will travel to neighbouring South Africa.
He owns property in the country and his two sons have been spending a lot of time there over the past year.
Mugabe spent most of the past week under house arrest at his Blue Roof mansion in Borrowdale, just north of Zimbabwe’s capital Harare.
The house boasts 25 bedrooms and sits on a huge 44-acre plot of land that includes two lakes.
Mnangagwa, also known as The Crocodile, was sacked as Zimbabwe’s Vice President earlier this month.
It is thought that the move triggered the coup because it effectively cleared a path for Mugabe’s unpopular wife Grace to claim the presidency.
Mugabe had been president of Zimbabwe since 1980 when the country gained independence from white rule.
But the tyrant’s calamitous, and at times violent, rule has destroyed one of Africa’s most promising states.
In his resignation letter, Mugabe wrote that he chose to step down of his own free will and has done so to ensure a “smooth transfer of power”.