This archive report was first published on 9 September 2019.
Former President Robert Mugabe's remains are set to return to Zimbabwe on Wednesday, with a two-day funeral planned for this weekend.
However, a disagreement has emerged between the family and the government over where the man who led Zimbabwe for 37 years, from 1980 to 2017, should be laid to rest.
Some of his relatives want him to be buried in his rural homestead in the village of Kutama in Mashonaland West province, 80km west of the capital, Harare.
But most of Zimbabwe's national heroes are buried at the Heroes' Acre shrine just outside Harare.
Mr Mugabe died, aged 95, in a hospital in Singapore last week.
His nephew, Leo Mugabe, denied there was a disagreement over the issue with the government, but admitted his uncle died a bitter man after being ousted in 2017 by the army and his former deputy.
“He was bitter. You can imagine people you trusted - people that were guarding you, looking after, your security turn against you. He was very bitter and it dented his legacy,” he said.
Published on September 9, 2019.
