President Mnangagwa has assembled a delegation led by Vice President Kembo Mohadi, comprising former President Robert Mugabe’s family, the family of the former First Lady — the Marufus — and Zanu-PF officials to facilitate the repatriation of the national hero’s body from Singapore where he died last Friday. The President also wrote letters to the former statesman’s confidants, former Zambian president Kenneth Kaunda and Chinese President Xi Jingpin, officially notifying them of Cde Mugabe’s demise. Deputy Chief Secretary to the President and Cabinet, who is also the Presidential spokesperson, Mr George Charamba, said on Friday morning President Mnangagwa and his Government assigned Vice President Mohadi to lead a delegation to S
SOME members of the once-powerful Zanu-PF's G40 faction who are in exile have taken to social media to mourn former President Robert Mugabe, once viewed as the godfather of the group vanquished after a military coup in November 2017 toppled the late ex-guerrilla leader.Mugabe died Friday morning a private hospital in Singapore. However, his former ministers in the G40 faction, who had come to be close to his wife, Grace, could not be close to each other after they were expelled from Zanu-PF with some fleeing into exile fearing arrest and death. However, the faction members took to the social media, especially Twitter to mourn their ‘icon' and share their grief. Former Higher Education Minister, Jonathan Moyo who is reported to be the brains behind G40 faction and all
GOVERNMENT has dispelled social media reports it had opened doors for G40 kingpin and ex-Cabinet Minister Jonathan Moyo and other exiled members of the now decimated Zanu PF faction to return home for former President Robert Mugabe’s funeral. Generation 40, as the faction was commonly referred to, was a Zanu PF camp that was once fiercely opposed to then Vice President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s ambitions to succeed Mugabe. The camp was seen as backing what had become an attempt by then First Lady Grace’s bid to take over from her husband, who succumbed to an undisclosed ailment in Singapore Friday at the age of 95. Other key members of the group that was involved in a nasty power scrap that was only undone by a military coup in November 2017 included Mugabe’s ne
Officials and family members are arguing over the arrangements for the burial of Robert Mugabe, the former Zimbabwean president who died in Singapore last week aged 95. High-ranking members of the ruling Zanu-PF party are understood to have told Mugabe’s close family that his remains should be interred at a hilltop monument outside Harare, the capital, following a ceremony at the nearby national stadium, where dozens of prominent African leaders would be present. However friends and allies of Mugabe’s second wife, Grace, have said that the late dictator made it clear he would prefer to be buried at his home town of Zvimba, about 60 miles from Harare, with only close relatives in attendance. They said that Mugabe, who was ousted in a military takeover in November 2017,
World leaders mourned former President Robert Gabriel Mugabe who died in Singapore yesterday morning, describing him as a true pan-Africanist and liberation fighter. He was 95. Mugabe attended the formation of the then Organisation of African Unity in 1963, now African Union (AU) as an invitee. AU chairperson Abdel Fattah el-Sisi, who is also the President of Egypt, said: ‘‘It is with immense sadness that I learnt of the passing of Zimbabwe’s former President Robert Mugabe. My sincere condolences to his family and the Zimbabwean people as we mourn an iconic liberation fighter, pan-Africanist in the struggle for liberation and continental integration.’’ China, through its foreign Ministry spokesperson Geng Shuang, said Mugabe was an outstanding li
Zimbabwe’s founding leader, Robert Mugabe who led the country for nearly four decades has died in the early hours of Friday after being confined to a hospital in Singapore for a sustained period of time. Analysts say that he died a bitter man following his unceremonious departure from the political arena in 2017. Mugabe resigned as the national army had seized almost every key sector in the country, rendering the country ungovernable.Mugabe later said that his resignation was not voluntary as he had to choose between a civil war and giving up power. He added: I was sacked from the party I founded, Zanu-PF, with the likes of Va(former vice president Simon) Muzenda and others. I was regarded now as an enemy. He described the deployment of the army and army machinery into the stree
The outspoken opposition leader made the remarks in his condolence message on Twitter where he also urged fellow Africans not to let “enemies” author Mugabe’s history. “I’m saddened by the passing of our martyr & giant of the African Revolution cde President Robert Mugabe. Let’s continue the fight & protect his legacy. We must not allow our enemies to tell us how to remember him; we know our heroes. May his soul rest in revolutionary peace,” wrote Malema. Julius Sello Malema, leader of a South African opposition party, Economic Freedom Fighters, has mourned the death of Zimbabwe’s former president, Robert Gabriel Mugabe. Malema who is a huge admirer of Mugabe during his tenure as the president described him as a martyr of the
Zimbabwe declared Robert Mugabe a national hero on Friday, President Emmerson Mnangagwa said, and the country would be in national mourning until the former leader was buried. Mugabe, who ruled the southern African nation for nearly four decades, died in a Singapore hospital on Friday aged 95. Zimbabwe's longtime president Robert Mugabe has died. He was 95. Mugabe's death was announced by the office of Zimbabwe's president. Mugabe came to power at independence from Britain in 1980, after a guerrilla war ended white-minority rule in then-Rhodesia. He was heralded as a model leader — but that image steadily eroded over time as his leadership became more authoritarian. Democracy, the rule of law and the economy suffered. The start of a new era When Robert Muga
1924 – Mugabe is born on Feb. 21 in what was then British-ruled Southern Rhodesia. 1940s-1950s – He is educated at Catholic schools and attends South Africa’s University of Fort Hare. He teaches in Zambia and Ghana, where he is influenced by African independence movement leaders. 1960s – Mugabe campaigns for Zimbabwe’s independence and is imprisoned in 1964 for political agitation. While incarcerated, he earns two law degrees from the University of London External Programme. 1974 – Released from prison, he escapes to Mozambique were Zimbabwe African National Union guerrilla fighters elect him to lead their struggle against white minority rule. A number of rivals die in suspicious circumstances, rights groups say. 1980 – Mugabe’s ZANU-
ZIMBABWE’S first executive President, Robert Gabriel Mugabe has died, according to multiple sources. Mugabe, who was ousted from power by his own army in November 2017 and replaced by current President Emmerson Mnangagwa, repeatedly passed away in Singapore where he was seeking medical attention. Top Harare lawyer Fadzayi Mahere, who is also the secretary for education for the opposition party MDC led by Nelson Chamisa, tweeted: “Rest In Peace, Robert Mugabe. “My response to your passing is complicated. I’m going to write a long piece. However, for now, deepest condolences to his family,” Mahere said. Another prominent Zimbabwean, Human Rights Watch Southern African director Dewa Mavhinga, has also revealed that credible family sources say the former
