Late President Mugabe s Family Defending Homestead Burial, Vowing to Defy Chief s Order to Exhume Him
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Gibbs Dube
FILE: A coffin carrying the body of former Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe is seen during mass at his rural home in Kutama, Zvimba district, about 100 kilometers northwest of the capital Harare, Sept. 28, 2019.
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Relatives of the late former President Robert Mugabe say they will defy a village court order to exhume and rebury his remains in accordance with local traditions. In an exclusive interview, Leo Mugabe, who is the former president’s nephew, said Chief Zvimba’s order would be taken to the highest court in Zimbabwe if the matter is not resolved at village level. He speaks with VOA Zimbabwe Service’s Gibbs Dube about this and other related issues.
Cde Moton Dizzy Paul Malianga (1930-2021)
Celebrating the life of liberation stalwart
Chimurenga liberation struggle freedom fighter and one of the first renowned nationalists, 90-year-old Moton Malianga, died in Harare on January 15, 2021 from complications of aspiration pneumonia. A mighty hero, a steadfast strategist and key player in every twist and turn of the liberation struggle (Chimurenga) for Zimbabwe, has fallen.
He was declared a national hero, uncontested, and was laid to rest on January 20, 2021 at the Zimbabwe National Heroes Acre. Cde Malianga was born at Old Mutare Mission in Zimbabwe on the 8th of June 1930. He was the fifth child.