{"id":40851,"date":"2021-05-24T21:37:42","date_gmt":"2021-05-24T19:37:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/?p=40851"},"modified":"2021-05-24T21:37:42","modified_gmt":"2021-05-24T19:37:42","slug":"mbuya-nehanda-statue-to-be-unveiled-by-mnangagwa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.cc\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/mbuya-nehanda-statue-to-be-unveiled-by-mnangagwa","title":{"rendered":"Mbuya Nehanda Statue To Be Unveiled By Mnangagwa"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press-Zimbabwe<\/p>\n<p>President Emmerson Mnangagwa is set to unveil the statue of the late spirit medium Mbuya Nehanda in central Harare on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>This is happening when the surviving relatives of the first Chimurenga heroine,\u00a0Mbuya Charwe, the spirit medium of Mbuya Nehanda,\u00a0have approached the High Court challenging the move.<\/p>\n<p>Upper Mazowe Cultural Landscape custodian, Chief Maxwell Dzapasi-Hwata and an alleged maternal nephew of Mbuya 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