Mugabe to be buried at his rural Kutama Village, family rejects Heroes’ Acre

Pall bearers carry the casket of late Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe as it arrives at his former Blue Roof residence in Harare. (Photo Courtesy)

The family of Zimbabwe’s former President Robert Mugabe has opposed plans by the government to bury him at the National Heroes’ Acre affirming that he will be laid to rest at his Kutama village instead.

"His body will lie in state at Kutama on Sunday night. Followed by a private burial - either Monday or Tuesday - no National Heroes’ Acre. That's the decision of the whole family," his nephew Leo Mugabe told AFP news agency on Thursday.