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Zvimba bid Mugabe farewell
Scores of people gathered at Murombedzi Business Centre and former President Robert Mugabe's rural home in Zvimba yesterday to bid farewell to the African icon. Speakers described former Presi...Published: 3 hrs ago | 204 | by Staff reporter
Mugabe Memorial: Family reflects on 'empty' stadium
While the Zimbabwean government and former President Robert Mugabe's family had indicated plans to take his remains to Zvimba, his home village following his Saturday funeral, this was ditched on Sund...Published: 10 hrs ago | 1043 | by Staff reporter
Mugabe family feuds over body
HUNDREDS of people yesterday waited in vain at the late former President Robert Mugabe's rural home in Zvimba where his body was scheduled to lie in state after the programme was cancelled at the last...Published: 11 hrs ago | 1305 | by Staff reporter
Family feuds over Mugabe body
Hundreds of people yesterday waited in vain at the late former President Robert Mugabe's rural home in Zvimba where his body was scheduled to lie in state after the programme was cancelled last hour....Published: 16 Sep 2019 at 07:07hrs | 6120 | by Staff reporter
Stop mourning Mugabe, family says
Former president Robert Mugabe's family yesterday said the nation should now just celebrate the life of the former Zanu-PF leader and stop mourning him as he lived a long life."We must stop mo...Published: 15 Sep 2019 at 07:58hrs | 2503 | by Staff reporter
Grace Mugabe praised
The country's success is inevitable owing to the rich and endearing legacy of "solid education", the land reform programme and economic empowerment initiatives laid by Robert Mugabe, President Emmerso...Published: 15 Sep 2019 at 07:47hrs | 2120 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa may not revenge against Grace Mugabe
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has hinted he may not be entertaining any plans of seeking revenge against late former President Robert Mugabe's widow, Grace, who has tormented him before.In a sp...Published: 15 Sep 2019 at 07:44hrs | 574 | by newzimbabwe
Zimbabwe's success inevitable, says Mnangagwa
The country's success is inevitable owing to the rich and enduring legacy of "solid education", the land reform programme and economic empowerment initiatives laid by Robert Mugabe, President Emmerson...Published: 15 Sep 2019 at 07:16hrs | 274 | by Staff reporter
Is grieving Grace behind Mugabe funeral plans drama?
The controversy swirling around the burial of Zimbabwe's founding leader, Robert Mugabe, centers on his widow, Grace, who has remained dramatically cloaked behind a heavy black veil as she succeeded i...Published: 14 Sep 2019 at 22:56hrs | 5594 | by AP
WATCH: Mnangagwa expresses gratitude to Grace Mugabe
The President, Emmerson Mnangagwa says Zimbabwe will remain resolute in upholding the legacy left behind by the late founding father and former President, Robert Mugabe.The President made the ...Published: 14 Sep 2019 at 20:31hrs | 1608 | by Staff reporter
PHOTO: Madhuku's controversial picture with Grace goes viral
A photo of NCA leader professor Lovemore Madhuku comforting Grace Mugabe in a seemingly cosy posture has gone viral on the internet. Madhuku is a known ally of President Emmerson Mnangagwa and...Published: 14 Sep 2019 at 09:03hrs | 38883 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Grace Mugabe not going into exile
LATE former President Robert Mugabe's widow Grace Mugabe is not entertaining any plans to abandon the country and seek asylum elsewhere, a family spokesperson has said.Grace fell out with the ...Published: 14 Sep 2019 at 08:40hrs | 4632 | by newzimbabwe
Grace asked to rest, not attend second day of Mugabe public funeral
Former President Robert Mugabe's family asked his wife to rest and not be beside his body as it lies in state for a second day.They had always earlier said the late stateman's wishes had inclu...Published: 13 Sep 2019 at 21:13hrs | 1688 | by Staff reporter
Mugabe's own family bitterly divided
The family of Africa's strongman and fallen giant Robert Mugabe are in a squabble over the site and date of burial, not wanting to go against his last wishes.According to the family of the ex-...Published: 13 Sep 2019 at 21:11hrs | 2154 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa, Mugabes bury the hatchet, settles row to give Mugabe hero's burial
Zimbabwe's former President Robert Mugabe will be buried in the National Heroes Acre monument in Harare, his family says, following a row with the government over his final resting site.Family...Published: 13 Sep 2019 at 14:07hrs | 4151 | by BBC
Stampede to check if Mugabe is really dead
THOUSANDS of people yesterday stampeded to view the body of the late former President Robert Mugabe at Rufaro Stadium, where he took his first oath as the country's founding Prime Minister at midnight...Published: 13 Sep 2019 at 14:06hrs | 2329 | by staff reporter
Mnangagwa gives up on Robert Mugabe's body?
President Emmerson Mnangagwa has given up on convincing the family of the later Zimbabwe's strongman Robert Mugabe to hand over the body to government to conduct burial at the National shrine. ...Published: 13 Sep 2019 at 08:23hrs | 7179 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Superstition hits Mugabe family
Former President Robert Mugabe's chaotic funeral arrangements have been further blighted by a seemingly excessive adherence to supernatural beliefs with his family refusing to let his casket out of th...Published: 13 Sep 2019 at 07:54hrs | 4799 | by Staff reporter
I dreaded Mugabe's death for years, write ex-CIO boss
ON Friday September 6 2019, I woke up to the news that former President Comrade Robert Gabriel Mugabe was no more. His death was something I dreaded for years as I worked to secure his wellbeing....Published: 13 Sep 2019 at 07:39hrs | 4549 | by Happyton Mabhuya Bonyongwe
Mugabe leaves a bitter legacy
ROBERT MUGABE'S career can be divided into three main parts.First, as an extraordinarily skilful leader who managed to dominate a fractious nationalist movement opposed to the white-supremacis...Published: 13 Sep 2019 at 07:35hrs | 196 | by The Economist
Mugabe's influence on sports
BRUCE Grobbelaar, the legendary Liverpool goalkeeper, claims he was forced out of Zimbabwe by him.Peter Ndlovu, possibly the finest Zimbabwean footballer of all time, says he played a pivotal ...Published: 13 Sep 2019 at 07:30hrs | 330 | by Enock Muchinjo
Grace Mugabe demands Vice President post in deal to bury Bob at Heroes Acre
Former First Lady, Grace Mugabe has sensationally demanded that she be given a post in the executive as a third Vice President in exchange for allowing her late husband, former President, Robert Mugab...Published: 13 Sep 2019 at 07:00hrs | 17498 | by Staff reporter
Thousands bid Mugabe farewell at Rufaro
Thousands of mourners, mainly from five provinces, yesterday braved the scorching heat as they thronged Rufaro Stadium in Mbare to bid farewell to national hero and former President Robert Mugabe who ...Published: 13 Sep 2019 at 06:51hrs | 466 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa to respect Mugabe family's wishes
President Mnangagwa yesterday said no decision will be made on the funeral arrangements of former President Robert Mugabe against the wishes of his family, and assured former First Lady Grace Mugabe t...Published: 13 Sep 2019 at 06:49hrs | 937 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa gives Grace Mugabe the green light to decide
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa yesterday said no decision will be made on the funeral arrangements of former President Robert Mugabe against the wishes of the family, and assured former First Lady Grace Mugabe t...Published: 12 Sep 2019 at 23:22hrs | 1504 | by Staff reporter
Mugabe's family decision to strain Grace, Mnangagwa relationship
Robert Mugabe's family has prevailed and Zimbabwe's former president will be buried in his rural home.This is a final snub to his former comrades. It is not unprecedented: other national heroe...Published: 12 Sep 2019 at 22:18hrs | 3115 | by BBC Africa
Mugabe spent only 5 days in Singapore hospital
Robert Mugabe's nephew, Patrick Zhuwao, gave details of the days leading up to his uncle's death, stating that he was only hospitalised five days before he passed on.This contradicts recent me...Published: 12 Sep 2019 at 21:38hrs | 1298 | by City Press
'Keep your De Klerk, we will keep our Mugabe'
EFF leader Julius Malema gave a defiant tribute to former Zimbabwe president Robert Mugabe, who he called a "patriot", at a memorial service held by the party on Thursday."For so long we have ...Published: 12 Sep 2019 at 21:36hrs | 574 | by City Press
Grace will never leave Mugabe's casket until his remains have been interred
A row over Robert Mugabe's final burial site escalated on Thursday, a day after the former president's body was returned to Zimbabwe from Singapore where he died on September 6.A statement by ...Published: 12 Sep 2019 at 21:12hrs | 1574 | by ZimLive
Chamisa gets cosy with Grace Mugabe
Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) leader Nelson Chamisa on Thursday went to Robert Mugabe's family home to pay his respects to the former leader's widow and children.Chamisa was accompanied...Published: 12 Sep 2019 at 21:09hrs | 4714 | by ZImLive
Tension, nostalgia as Mugabe's funeral
A TENSE atmosphere engulfed Robert Gabriel Mugabe International Airport when a chartered plane carrying the body of former President Robert Mugabe arrived yesterday.Mugabe died last Friday in ...Published: 12 Sep 2019 at 21:02hrs | 558 | by Staff reporter
Information Ministry mourns Mugabe, Mugoba
The Ministry of Information, Publicity and Broadcasting Services has consoled the Mugabe and Mugoba families following the deaths of national heroes, former President Robert Mugabe and Major General T...Published: 12 Sep 2019 at 20:58hrs | 54 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa visits Grace Mugabe
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has visited late former President Robert Mugabe's private Blue Roof home in Harare where he assured Mugabe's widow, Grace his government will not try to impose its wishes ...Published: 12 Sep 2019 at 20:50hrs | 531 | by newzimbabwe
Mugabe body for Rufaro
The body of former President Robert Gabriel Mugabe is expected to be taken to Rufaro Stadium today and tomorrow to afford citizens from the country's 10 provinces an opportunity to bid him farewell. ...Published: 12 Sep 2019 at 20:44hrs | 129 | by Staff reporter
PHOTO: Chamisa consoles Grace Mugabe on bed
A photo of MDC leader Nelson Chamisa consoling Grace Mugabe the widow of the late Zimbabwean strongman Robert Mugabe has gone viral on the internet. The image shows a kneeling Chamisa holding ...Published: 12 Sep 2019 at 10:00hrs | 20873 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Robert Mugabe family speaks on burial arrangements
We note with extreme concern the manner in which the Government of Zimbabwe has developed the Programme for the funeral of the late Robert Gabriel Mugabe without consulting his immediate family w...Published: 12 Sep 2019 at 09:31hrs | 7077 | by Patrick Zhuwao
Mnangagwa sings Robert Mugabe praises
President Mnangagwa yesterday received the body of former President Robert Mugabe at the Robert Gabriel Mugabe International Airport from Singapore where the former leader died on Friday last week....Published: 12 Sep 2019 at 08:39hrs | 815 | by Staff Reporter
Mnangagwa says Mugabe's work and ideology will continue to guide Zimbabwe
President Mnangagwa yesterday received the body of former President Robert Mugabe at the Robert Gabriel Mugabe International Airport from Singapore where the former leader died on Friday last week. ...Published: 12 Sep 2019 at 07:38hrs | 533 | by Staff Reporter
Kasukuwere finally meets Grace Mugabe in Singapore
LATE former President Robert Mugabe was left with only two weeks to resign at the Zanu-PF national conference before he was unceremoniously removed from office in a military-led coup in November 2017....Published: 11 Sep 2019 at 22:40hrs | 4903 | by newzimbabwe
WATCH:Satire George Charamba begs Grace to bury Mugabe at heroes acre
Bustop TV has released a new skit of which depicts Presidential Spokesperson George Charamba begging Former First Lady Grace Mugabe to allow the government to bury the late President Robert Mugabe at ...Published: 10 Sep 2019 at 18:06hrs | 6072 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Mnangagwa summons Grace Mugabe to State House
President Emmerson Mnangagwa has summoned former First Lady Grace Mugabe to State House upon arrival in the country Professor Jonathan Moyo has revealed. Said Prof Moyo on Tuesday, "In a the M...Published: 10 Sep 2019 at 12:06hrs | 20954 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Grace Mugabe told to apologise to Zimbabweans
Norton Member of Parliament Temba Mliswa has urged former First Lady Grace Ntombizodwa Mugabe to apologise to Zimbabwe for the words and deeds of her former ZANU PF allies. In a tweet on Tuesd...Published: 10 Sep 2019 at 08:28hrs | 14372 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Mugabe died a 'very bitter' man, nephew says
Robert Mugabe's nephew has said the former Zimbabwean leader died a "very bitter" man.Mugabe, who died aged 95 last week, led Zimbabwe for nearly four decades until he was ousted by a coup in ...Published: 10 Sep 2019 at 07:11hrs | 1933 | by BBC
Grace Mugabe looked for guarantees
As more details emerge about former president Robert Mugabe's final days, his wife Grace apparently made frantic last ditch efforts to have President Emmerson Mnangagwa by her husband's bedside last w...Published: 09 Sep 2019 at 07:49hrs | 6399 | by Staff reporter
Mugabe burial expected to be on Sunday at National Heroes' Acre
Robert Mugabe planned to return to the country at the end of this month and mutually agreed to meet President Emmerson Mnangagwa upon his homecoming before his untimely death last Friday, Director-Gen...Published: 08 Sep 2019 at 13:13hrs | 2031 | by Staff reporter
Mugabe's body expected Wednesday
Robert Mugabe's body is expected home on Wednesday afternoon.Deputy Chief Secretary to the President and Cabinet, who is also the Presidential spokesperson, George Charamba, said the former Pr...Published: 08 Sep 2019 at 08:33hrs | 916 | by Staff reporter
Robert and Grace Mugabe's US$1 billion fortune
Robert Mugabe and his wife Grace built up a huge personal fortune and property empire while their countrymen suffered in the starvation and grinding poverty that his brutal regime brought about....Published: 08 Sep 2019 at 08:26hrs | 2822 | by Mail Online
What happens to Grace now that Robert Mugabe is gone?
Zimbabweans may have mixed feelings about the death of Robert Mugabe: in the end, he was a brutal despot who left his country divided and impoverished. But he was also the founding father of the natio...Published: 07 Sep 2019 at 20:51hrs | 5257 | by Farai Sevenzo and Tara John, CNN
Mnangagwa declares days of national mourning
FORMER President, Robert Mugabe, who died in Singapore yesterday morning, has been declared a national hero and the Government has declared days of national mourning until his burial. Mu...Published: 07 Sep 2019 at 10:07hrs | 2686 | by Staff reporter
'Mugabe played pivotal role in shaping Zimbabwe's history'
INFORMATION, Publicity and Broadcasting Services Minister Monica Mutsvangwa has mourned former President Robert Mugabe saying he played a pivotal role in shaping Zimbabwe's history through his dedicat...Published: 07 Sep 2019 at 10:04hrs | 68 | by Staff reporter
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