HARARE – A Zimbabwean magistrate yesterday ruled that Robert Mugabe’s remains should be exhumed and reburied at the national heroes’ shrine in the capital city, rekindling a row over the late former leader’s resting place.In May, a traditional chief from Mugabe’s rural Zvimba area ordered that his remains be interred at the shrine in Harare, where the ruling elite and former fighters in Zimbabwe’s 1970s independence war are buried.Mugabe’s three children had appealed the decision at the magistrate court in Chinhoyi town, 115km west of Harare.Their lawyer Fungai Chimwamurombe said magistrate Ruth Moyo dismissed the case, ruling that Mugabe’s children were not party to the proceedings by the Zvimba chief and so had no right to launch an appeal.Decisions of the magistrates court can be appealed at the High Court.Once feted as a promising leader at independence in 1980, Mugabe’s long rule divided Zimbabweans between supporters who hailed him as a champion of black empowerment, […]
MUGABE’S REMAINS SHOULD BE REBURIED AT HARARE MONUMENT – COURT
