{"id":13276,"date":"2019-09-06T10:32:24","date_gmt":"2019-09-06T10:32:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.com\/zimbabwe\/?p=13276"},"modified":"2019-09-06T10:32:24","modified_gmt":"2019-09-06T10:32:24","slug":"mnangagwa-mourns-mugabe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.cc\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/mnangagwa-mourns-mugabe","title":{"rendered":"Mnangagwa mourns Mugabe"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>PRESIDENT<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Emmerson_Mnangagwa\"> Emmerson Mnangagwa<\/a> has showered praises on now late former President <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search?q=Robert+Mugabe&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Esearch\">Robert Mugabe<\/a>, the man he deposed in a military assisted coup in 2017.<\/p>\n<p>Mugabe, the country\u2019s founding and only leader of 37 years since independence, died Friday in Singapore where he had been flying often to receive treatment since the time he was still at the helm of the country.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is with the utmost sadness that I announce the passing on of Zimbabwe\u2019s founding father and former President, Cde Robert Mugabe,\u201d Mnangagwa said on his twitter.<\/p>\n<p>He described his mentor-turned enemy as \u201can icon of liberation\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCde Mugabe was an icon of liberation, a pan-Africanist who dedicated his life to the emancipation and empowerment of his people. 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