Uncertainty over Robert Mugabe’s final burial place

Zimbabwe’s former president Robert Mugabe who died Friday in Singapore at the age of 95, is scheduled to be buried on Sunday, September 15, in a location yet to be determined, the presidency announced Sunday.

His nephew, Leo Mugabe, said he expected the body back in Harare on Wednesday.

But the family of former Zimbabwean leader does not want the late liberation war hero buried at the country’s National Heroes Acre, preferring a family shrine in keeping with his last wishes.

According to a government memo sent to diplomatic missions, Mugabe’s funeral will be in Harare’s National Sports Stadium on Saturday, though it didn’t specify where the burial would be on Sunday.

Al Jazeera reports that Mugabe did not want people behind his political downfall in November 2017 playing a role at his funeral, a relative said on Sunday.

 

Via Al Jazeera

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