Residents of Mugabe's birthplace reflect on his life

Описание: (9 Sep 2019) At the rural home of former Zimbabwean leader Robert Mugabe. relatives and neighbours spoke of their sense of loss following his death.
Many in Kutama village said they were thankful for the support he had given them over the years.
"If you look at this place, it is developed because of him. Even us, we were sent to school by him (Mugabe)," Dominic Matibiri, a nephew of Mugabe, said, as people gathered at his sprawling homestead.
Mugabe, an ex-guerrilla chief who took power in 1980 when the African country shook off white minority rule and ruled for decades, died on Friday at a hospital in Singapore.
He was 95.
It is anticipated that Mugabe's body will be brought to lie in state in his birthplace of Kutama, around 85 kilometres (52.8 miles) from the capital, Harare for a day or two.
Information Minister Monica Mutsvangwa said in a statement that Mugabe's body will then lie in state at Harare's Rufaro Stadium on Thursday and Friday and at the National Sports Stadium, also in the capital, on Saturday.
She said Mugabe will be buried on Sunday but she did not say where, prompting speculation of a rift between the government and members of Mugabe's family, who want him to be buried at his rural home in Kutama.

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