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Robert Mugabe to be buried at the National Heroes Acre: Family

Former Zimbabwean president Robert Mugabe will be buried at the National Heroes Acre monument in Harare, Mugabe family spokesman Leo Mugabe told Reuters, rowing back from comments the family made a day earlier.

Robert Mugabe

“I can confirm that he will be buried at the National Heroes Acre on Sunday,” Leo Mugabe said, adding that the Mugabe family had held further consultations with government since it said on Thursday that Zimbabwe’s founder would be buried privately.

Mugabe died aged 95 on Friday in Singapore after battling ill health. He served as Zimbabwean Prime Minister from 1980 to 1987 and then as President from 1987 to 2017.

Mugabe was ousted from power in Zimbabwe.

In other news – #SandtonShutdown: Civil society organisations target Sandton

Civil society organisations have gathered in Johannesburg’s economic hub. They are calling for a complete shutdown of Sandton.

#SandtonShutdown

More than 70 of them have joined forces to condemn gender-based violence and are marching on Sandton. Read more

Source: eNCA