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ZANU PF<\/a> has confirmed being betrayed by late former President Robert Mugabe\u2019s family which secretly wheeled the ex-leader\u2019s body to Zvimba Thursday for a private burial Saturday.<\/p>\n

Mugabe\u2019s party said in a Friday statement that his family sneaked away with the former leader\u2019s body to his home village in Mashonaland West, where an announcement followed that he was to be buried there.<\/p>\n

Zanu PF said it was \u201cshocking\u201d that Mugabe\u2019s family went behind both government and the party to plan a burial for the late leader when there was an agreement that he be interred at the national shrine.<\/p>\n

\u201cAll will remember that the Zanu PF Politburo declared the former President a National Hero soon after his death,\u201d said the party.<\/p>\n

Zanu PF said an agreement was reached with the family for the late leader to be given a befitting burial in a mausoleum that is in the process of being built at the National Heroes Acre, Harare.<\/p>\n

Said Zanu PF, \u201cWith the construction of the mausoleum progressing within the defined timeframe, all patriotic Zimbabweans were shocked to learn that the remains of the former President had been surreptitiously taken yesterday (Thursday) to Zvimba for a private burial on Saturday 28 September 2019.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe indeed respect the wishes of families of deceased heroes, hence get saddened when manoeuvres that border on political gimmicks begin to unfold on an issue concerning an illustrious liberation icon.\u201d<\/p>\n

Until Thursday, Mugabe\u2019s body was being kept at the former leader\u2019s Blue Roof mansion in Harare\u2019s Borrowdale suburb awaiting the completion of the mausoleum.<\/p>\n

But there were tensions between government and family during the period post Mugabe death amid claims government was trying hard to have the founding leader buried at the national shrine.<\/p>\n

Reports say Mugabe expressed a wish during his long illness to be buried in his rural home, over 80km west of Harare.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

ZANU PF has confirmed being betrayed by late former President Robert Mugabe\u2019s family which secretly wheeled the ex-leader\u2019s body to Zvimba Thursday for a private burial Saturday. Mugabe\u2019s party said in a Friday statement that his family sneaked away with the former leader\u2019s body to his home village in Mashonaland West, where an announcement followed […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":13709,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,12],"tags":[38,34,632],"class_list":{"0":"post-14160","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-all-news","8":"category-policy","9":"tag-zanu-pf","10":"tag-emmerson-mnangagwa","11":"tag-zvimba"},"yoast_head":"\nMugabe body smuggled out to Zvimba in ED absence \u2013 party - zimbabwe<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"ZANU PF has confirmed being betrayed by late former President Robert Mugabe\u2019s family which secretly wheeled the ex-leader\u2019s body to Zvimba\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/mugabe-body-smuggled-out-to-zvimba-in-ed-absence-party\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Mugabe body smuggled out to Zvimba in ED absence \u2013 party\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"ZANU PF has confirmed being betrayed by late former President Robert Mugabe\u2019s family which secretly wheeled the ex-leader\u2019s body to Zvimba\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/mugabe-body-smuggled-out-to-zvimba-in-ed-absence-party\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"zimbabwe\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2019-09-28T17:09:45+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/2019\/09\/Robert-Mugabe-Funeral-1.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1000\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"562\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/mugabe-body-smuggled-out-to-zvimba-in-ed-absence-party\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/mugabe-body-smuggled-out-to-zvimba-in-ed-absence-party\",\"name\":\"Mugabe body smuggled out to Zvimba in ED absence \u2013 party - 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