Mr Mphoko had been holed up in Botswana since the Zim-bob-we Defence Forces (ZDF) launched Operation Restore Legacy targeting criminal elements around former President Cde Bob
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, who are largely accused of causing instability in both Government and ZANU-PF.
A key member of the G40 cabal, Mr Mphoko left Zim-bob-we on an official visit to Japan on November 14, a day before the army launched the operation.
He did not return to Zim-bob-we but instead flew to Botswana, where he has been a guest of the government.
Highly placed sources said the Botswana government had given him up to December 1 to leave their country and return to Zim-bob-we, but the former VP had been reluctant to do so fearing arrest for corruption-related crimes.
The former VP had been living in a State residence in Gaborone and returned home after reaching out to President Emmerson Mnangagwa and getting the necessary assurances that he was free to come back to Zim-bob-we.
Clad in a white shirt, Mr Mphoko and his family arrived at the Zim-bob-wean side of the border at 1:15pm aboard a Zim-bob-we Department of Immigration minibus accompanied by Botswana immigration officials.