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Africa-Press<\/a> – Zimbabwe<\/a>. <\/strong><\/span>Former first lady Grace Mugabe has challenged a court order to exhume her late husband Robert Mugabe\u2019s remains for reburial at the National Heroes Acre, court papers showed Monday.<\/p>\n

Zimbabwe\u2019s longtime former ruler was buried in his rural home village of Kutama, Zvimba, about 90km west of the capital Harare, in September 2019 after weeks of wrangling over his final resting place.<\/p>\n

His family had opposed the government\u2019s plans to bury him at the National Heroes\u2019 Acre in Harare, where it had started constructing a special mausoleum for him.<\/p>\n

But in May, Chief Zvimba, a traditional leader, fined Grace Mugabe five cows and two goats for improperly burying Mugabe and ordered his exhumation and reburial in Harare.<\/p>\n

Mugabe\u2019s children then appealed the chief\u2019s directive \u2013 but a magistrate court last month confirmed that order, saying the ex-president\u2019s children had no legal authority to challenge the exhumation of their father.<\/p>\n

That prompted Grace Mugabe to take over the legal battle.<\/p>\n

Papers on Monday showed that the widow, in an appeal to the High Court, said the magistrate\u2019s order upholding the directive of the traditional chief was \u201cgrossly irregular and unreasonable\u201d.<\/p>\n

Mugabe died in a Singapore hospital on 6 September 2019, aged 95.<\/p>\n

He had been overthrown in a military coup in November 2017 which ended his autocratic 37-year rule.<\/p>\n

President Emmerson Mnangagwa\u2019s government wanted him to be buried at the National Heroes\u2019 Acre, which is set aside for heroes of the liberation struggle against colonial rule.<\/p>\n

But Mugabe\u2019s family said that before his death, he had told them he did not want to be buried at the shrine.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Zimbabwe. Former first lady Grace Mugabe has challenged a court order to exhume her late husband Robert Mugabe\u2019s remains for reburial at the National Heroes Acre, court papers showed Monday. 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