Robert Mugabe to be buried at hilltop shrine reserved exclusively for Zimbabwe’s elite

The late Robert Mugabe with wife Grace at a past even in South Africa [Photo: Courtesy]

Robert Mugabe will be buried at a hilltop shrine reserved exclusively for Zimbabwe’s ruling elite, an official said yesterday, as the southern African nation began several days of official mourning.

Mugabe, who was 95 when he died on Friday in Singapore, will be laid to rest in Harare at the National Heroes Acre, which has been set aside for Zimbabweans who have made huge sacrifices during the war against white-minority rule and who dedicated themselves to the nation, which emerged from the ashes of colonial Rhodesia.