This archive report was first published on 11 September 2019.
Former Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe died at the age of 95 in a Hong Kong hospital on [date not specified in source] and his remains are expected to arrive in Harare on Wednesday ahead of his burial over the weekend.
According to media reports, some of Mugabe's relatives want him to be buried in his rural homestead in the village of Kutama in Mashonaland West province, about 80km west of the capital.
However, most of Zimbabwe's national heroes who fought against the minority white minority are buried at the Heroes Acre shrine in Harare, which is the standard in Zimbabwe.
Family spokespersons have expressed that Mugabe never forgave those who ousted him, saying, "He died a very bitter man. Imagine those people that are guarding you that you trusted the most turn against you. They have dented his legacy, it was not an easy thing."
"He died a very bitter man. Imagine those people that are guarding you that you trusted the most turn against you. They have dented his legacy, it was not an easy thing," a family spokesperson said.
Mugabe was forced to resign after being put under house arrest by the military, which also took over the government.
President Emmerson Mnangagwa, who served as Mugabe's vice-president, is expected to attend the burial.
