Zimbabwe chief orders Mugabe to be dug out and buried again Robert Mugabe news
Traditional leaders say that the former first lady broke local customs by burying Mugabe in his rural house.
After accusing the wife of the late leader of breaking local customs by detaining him in his rural house in 2019, a traditional chief in Zimbabwe ordered that the body of Robert Mugabe be excavated and placed in Kazakhstan. Funeral in the National Heroes’ Sanctuary in Larley.
Mugabe was deposed due to a coup, which brought Emmerson Mnangagwa to power in November 2017, and took place with the government of President Manangagwa on his final resting place. After weeks of disputes, he was buried in the yard of his house in his Kutama village.
The late Cde Cephas Chamakomo Mangwana hero status compromised
After reading a lot about the late Comrade (Cde) Cephas Chamakomo Mangwana (80) in the Herald and other papers – I was made to think that he deserved to be buried at Zimbabwe’s National Heroes Acre where national heroes are interred.
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Surprising enough he was declared a provincial hero after a request was made in a letter sent to ZANU PF Secretary for Administration. In his letter, ZANU-PF Masvingo provincial chairman, Cde Ezra Chadzamira clearly outlined the role played by the late Cde Cephas Mangwana who died on January 31 2021.
I will pick just a few things which to me are qualifying aspects for one to be buried at the National Hero’s’ Acre. I don’t know if there are better qualifications which are being used to decide on the burial choice.