President Emmerson Mnangagwa and his Zanu PF party wanted his remains to be interred at the National Heroes Acres like most of his colleagues in the liberation struggle, but the Mugabe family stood by his wife, former first lady Grace Mugabe who put her foot down, saying the late veteran politician wanted to be buried at his Kutama home.

President Emmerson Mnangagwa and his Zanu PF party wanted his remains to be interred at the National Heroes Acres like most of his colleagues in the liberation struggle, but the Mugabe family stood by his wife, former first lady Grace Mugabe who put her foot down, saying the late veteran politician wanted to be buried at his Kutama home.

Leo Mugabe, a spokesperson for Zimbabwe’s founding leader’s family, yesterday told The Standard that they were now banking on Mnangagwa “to stop the madness”.