This archive report was first published on 8 September 2019.
Former Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe died on September 6, 2019, at the age of 95, after a long battle with health issues.
Mugabe, a guerrilla leader who ruled Zimbabwe for 37 years, had been in poor health since being ousted by the military in November 2017.
According to his nephew, Leo Mugabe, a delegation was expected to leave Zimbabwe on Monday to collect the former president's body from Singapore, where he died two days earlier.
"I can't give an authoritative day, all I know is people are leaving tomorrow Monday to go and pick up the body," Leo Mugabe told AFP.
"So assuming they get there on Tuesday and the body is ready, logically you would think they should land here on Wednesday," he added, stating that a list of accompanying family members was being finalised.
Once praised as a liberator, Mugabe's rule was marked by repression and fear, with widespread criticism of his handling of the economy and human rights.
President Emmerson Mnangagwa declared a period of "national mourning" on September 6, 2019, without providing further detail.
