Zimbabwe quadruples electricity prices, pummelling impoverished consumers
Zimbabwe hiked its average electricity tariff by 320% on Wednesday to ramp up power supplies at a time of daily blackouts, but the move will anger consumers already grappling with…
Mugabe’s Burial begins in rural Zimbabwe home
The family of former Zimbabwe president Robert Mugabe gathered in his rural homestead on Saturday, three weeks after his death, to attend a much-awaited burial ceremony in the…
Mugabe to be buried in home district, government says
Late Mugabe Zimbabwe’s longtime ruler Robert Mugabe will be buried in his home district of Zvimba, not at a national shrine in Harare as previously planned, the government said…
South Africa’s Ramaphosa booed as leaders, supporters bid farewell to Mugabe
Zimbabwe’s founder Robert Mugabe was honored as an icon, principled leader and African intellectual giant at a state funeral on Saturday, after a week of disputes over his burial threatened…
Robert Mugabe to be buried at national shrine, family says
Zimbabwe’s founder Robert Mugabe will be buried at a national shrine in Harare on Sunday, the Mugabe family spokesman said on Friday, contradicting comments a day earlier which suggested the…
Mugabe’s body arrives Zimbabwe, burial place still a mystery
The body of Zimbabwe’s founder Robert Mugabe arrived at the country’s main airport on Wednesday, but his final resting place remained a source of mystery amid a dispute between some…
Mugabe’s body expected to arrive Zimbabwe on Wednesday – Relatives
A plane has left Zimbabwe for Singapore carrying government officials and relatives to bring home the body of Robert Mugabe, but it was still not clear where the former leader…
Mugabe’s family, govt yet to agree on burial plan
The family of Zimbabwe founder Robert Mugabe is pushing back against the government’s plan to bury him at the National Heroes Acre monument in Harare and wants him to be…
Zimbabwe plans Mugabe’s funeral, burial next weekend
The Zimbabwean government plans a state funeral for longtime ruler Robert Mugabe in a sports stadium in Harare next Saturday, with a burial ceremony a day later, it said in…
In Mugabe’s village, relatives say he was very bitter before death
In the dusty village where Zimbabwe’s founding father Robert Mugabe grew up, family members speak of the deep bitterness Mugabe felt from his ousting as head of state two years…