Mugabe mourns Hungwe

The government has offered a state assisted funeral to former Zimbabwe Farmers Union (ZFU) president Dr Silas Hungwe who has been described by the President Robert Mugabe as a person who worked tirelessly to unite farmers across the country.

President Mugabe, accompanied by Vice President Emmerson Mnangagwa has paid his condolences to the Hungwe family following the passing on of Dr Hungwe on Monday morning.

"Dr Hungwe worked tirelessly to represent the wishes of farmers," said President Mugabe.

Mugabe described the late farmers' union president as a person who united the farming community owing to his principled works with government and the country at large.

President Mugabe says farmers concerns were brought to the government by the late Dr Hungwe through his visionary leadership, revealing that government has honoured him with a state assisted funeral.

Dr Hungwe who began his agriculture career before independence, rose to become the president of the ZFU in 1996.

Under his leadership of the ZFU, various agriculture training manuals that small holder farmers are using today were developed.

The late Dr Hungwe's burial arrangements will be announced in due course.