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SOUTH Africa\u2019s opposition Economic Freedom Fighters<\/a> (EFF) leader, Julius Malema says President Emmerson Mnangagwa should allow expelled senior Zanu PF members who are in self-imposed exile to return to Zimbabwe and attend the burial of former President Robert Mugabe.<\/p>\n

Mugabe (95) died last Friday at a private hospital in Singapore and has been declared a national hero. His burial has been set for his rural Zvimba home.<\/p>\n

A handful former senior Zanu PF officials and government ministers who constituted the once pro-Mugabe camp fled into exile after the long serving leader was removed from office in a military-led coup in 2017.<\/p>\n

The officials include; Robert Mugabe\u2019s nephew Patrick Zhuwao, Saviour Kasukuwere, Jonathan Moyo, Walter Mzembi and Mandi Chimene.<\/p>\n

The former ministers were part of the G40 faction that was resisting then Vice President Mnangagwa\u2019s bid to replace Mugabe as president.<\/p>\n

They have not returned to Zimbabwe and fear persecution if they attended Mugabe\u2019s burial.<\/p>\n

Zhuwao and Kasukuwere Thursday attended an EFF memorial service held for Mugabe in Johannesburg where Malema pleaded with Mnangagwa to allow Mugabe\u2019s close associates a chance to bury the once powerful former Zimbabwean leader.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe have Tyson (Kasukuwere) here but he can\u2019t go to Zimbabwe and bury Mugabe because he is wanted. We call upon Mnangagwa allow Patrick Zhuwao, who is Mugabe\u2019s nephew to bury his uncle,\u201d Malema told his party\u2019s supporters.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf they don\u2019t want them in Zimbabwe after the burial, they can release them and we will accept them. Even during the Apartheid era, detainees were allowed to attend funerals and return back to prison after. We are making an appeal that they should be allowed to attend.\u201d<\/p>\n

Malema has revealed he was attending Mugabe\u2019s funeral ceremony in Zimbabwe on Saturday.<\/p>\n

The EFF leader said he saw nothing wrong with G40 members\u2019 ambitions in replacing Mugabe as President.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt was only logical for Tyson to succeed Mugabe. Why is Mnangagwa scared of the youths? If you have someone who is scared of the youth, he is against progress. You must make no apologies. It is your right to support Mugabe,\u201d said Malema.<\/p>\n

He added that the criminal charges the G40 members are facing were concocted adding that he also once went through such smear campaign when he was removed as the ANC youth league leader.<\/p>\n

\u201cThese are concocted charges because you (Mnangagwa) are threatened by the youths. I went through that. In fact, I am going through that. They took everything, threw my kids in the streets. I know what you are going through every morning you wake up,\u201d said Malema.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

SOUTH Africa\u2019s opposition Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) leader, Julius Malema says President Emmerson Mnangagwa should allow expelled senior Zanu PF members who are in self-imposed exile to return to Zimbabwe and attend the burial of former President Robert Mugabe. 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