This archive report was first published on 8 September 2019.
Former Zimbabwe president Robert Mugabe died on Friday, aged 95, after a long battle with health issues.
His body is expected to be returned from Singapore, where he died two days ago, and will be buried next weekend, according to a presidential spokesman.
Robert Mugabe, a guerrilla leader who swept to power after Zimbabwe's independence from Britain and ruled for 37 years until he was ousted in 2017, had been travelling to Singapore for treatment since April.
His nephew, Leo Mugabe, said a delegation was expected to leave Zimbabwe on Monday to collect the hero-turned-despot's body from Singapore.
However, the location of the burial remains unclear, with Mugabe's family and President Emmerson Mnangagwa's government at odds over whether it would be at his homestead northwest of Harare or at a shrine for liberation heroes in the capital.
"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.
Once praised as a liberator who rid Zimbabwe of white minority rule, Mugabe soon turned to repression and fear to govern.
He is widely remembered for brutally crushing political dissent and ruining the economy through mismanagement, prompting mixed reactions to his passing.
At Sacred Heart Cathedral, Mugabe's parish in the capital Harare, the priest encouraged congregants to pray for their founding leader.
"I know some of us may have different feelings about it, but it's our duty to pray for one another," Father Justin Jagaja told AFP.
President Emmerson Mnangagwa declared a period of national mourning on Friday, without elaborating.
