By Bulawayo Correspondent
THE late national hero and former ZPRA commander Abraham Dumezweni Nkiwane is reported to have told his comrades he resented to be buried at the National Heroes Acre.
Nkiwane said the national shrine in Harare was littered with Gukurahundi perpetrators involved in the mass killings of over 20 000 people in Matabeleland and Midlands provinces.
The late liberation stalwart, who died at the age of 93 last week at the United Bulawayo Hospitals (UBH), was declared a national hero but he will not be interred at the National Heroes Acre according to his wishes.
Nkiwane will be buried at his farm in Umguza, Matabeleland North province.
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Veteran nationalist burial set for Umguza
Bulawayo Bureau
THE family of the national hero Cde Abraham Nkiwane has said it is yet to come up with the burial date of the veteran nationalist.
They agreed that the liberation stalwart will be buried at his farm in Umguza district on the outskirts of Bulawayo.
Zanu PF Secretary of Administration Dr Obert Mpofu said Government and the party will respect Cde Nkiwane’s wish to be buried at his farm.
Traditionally, national heroes are interred at the national shrine in Harare.
Cde Nkiwane (93) succumbed to prostate cancer at the United Bulawayo Hospitals (UBH) on Tuesday where he was admitted.
VP mourns Chimonyo, Nkiwane
Mukudzei Chingwere-Herald Reporter
Vice President Dr Constantino Chiwenga has consoled families of national heroes, Zimbabwe National Army Commander, Lieutenant-General Edzai Absalom Chanyuka Chimonyo and Cde Abraham Dumezweni Nkiwane.
He also expressed his sympathies on the death of war veteran, Cde Vhuu, one of the pioneering generation of freedom fighters.
VP Chiwenga, himself a veteran of the liberation struggle, highlighted the important role played by the three departed heroes during the independence war.
He said he was deeply saddened and shocked by the death of Lt-Gen Chimonyo on Thursday.
“The late national hero was a distinguished liberator, commander and diplomat par excellence,” said VP Chiwenga.