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'Cherish Mandela legacy,' Mugabe tells SA
11 Dec 2013 at 15:30hrs | Views
President Robert Mugabe has expressed optimism that South Africa will cherish the legacy left by Nelson Mandela and uphold the principles that he stood for.
Mugabe was speaking soon after arrival from South Africa where he attended Nelson Mandela's memorial service on Tuesday and the body viewing ceremony in Pretoria on Wednesday.
Other dignitaries who attended the body viewing ceremony at the Union Buildings include former Zambian president Dr Kenneth Kaunda, Nigerian president Goodluck Jonathan and Liberian president Ellen Johnson Sirleaf among other world leaders, former heads of state, celebrities and government representatives.
Mugabe was met at the Harare International Airport by Vice President Joice Mujuru, the Senior Minister of State Ambassador Simon Khaya Moyo, the Minister of State for Provincial Affairs in Harare Mirriam Chikukwa, Chief Secretary to the President and Cabinet, Dr Misheck Sibanda and service chiefs.
President Mugabe said he worked very well with Mandela, putting to rest claims by some sections of the media that the two leaders' relationship was frosty.
He was accompanied by the First Lady Grace Mugabe and two of their children Bona and Chatunga, Foreign Affairs Minister Simbarashe Mumbengegwi, Presidential spokesperson George Charamba and several senior government officials.
Mr Mandela will be laid to rest at his home village, Qunu, in the Eastern Cape on Sunday.
Mugabe was speaking soon after arrival from South Africa where he attended Nelson Mandela's memorial service on Tuesday and the body viewing ceremony in Pretoria on Wednesday.
Other dignitaries who attended the body viewing ceremony at the Union Buildings include former Zambian president Dr Kenneth Kaunda, Nigerian president Goodluck Jonathan and Liberian president Ellen Johnson Sirleaf among other world leaders, former heads of state, celebrities and government representatives.
President Mugabe said he worked very well with Mandela, putting to rest claims by some sections of the media that the two leaders' relationship was frosty.
He was accompanied by the First Lady Grace Mugabe and two of their children Bona and Chatunga, Foreign Affairs Minister Simbarashe Mumbengegwi, Presidential spokesperson George Charamba and several senior government officials.
Mr Mandela will be laid to rest at his home village, Qunu, in the Eastern Cape on Sunday.
Source - zbc
