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The family of the late former President Robert Mugabe has challenged the summoning of Grace Mugabe by Zvimba traditional leader to rebury her late husband.
Speaking to the media, the family spokesperson and nephew Leo Mugabe said it was improper to summon Grace since she is not part of Mugabe family but rather an in – law.
“We don’t know why the chief is summoning Grace on his charge sheet. Grace is not a Mugabe, she is an in-law in the family and the decision to bury him was a Mugabe family decision.”
Leo further added that the family will not entertain the reburying issue even if many court cases are to be filled against.
“No one will force us to change even if they come up with many court cases. They can go to hell.
“Our position as a family is that we will not entertain this issue. We buried Mugabe and that’s all.”
He further vowed that no one would attend the court session and even if the complaint wins the case, no one has the power to force the family to exhume Mugabe for reburial.
“In any case, what will happen even if the complainant wins the case? It is an exercise in futility because as far as we are concerned, we are done and nobody can force us and we cannot say he was buried in a house when we all know he was buried in a courtyard.
Had we gone to the National Heroes Acre he was going to be buried in a proper room they call a mausoleum and was the chief going to summon President (Emmerson) Mnangagwa over that?” he added
This came after Chief Zvimba summoned Grace to appear before his court later this month after a ZANU PF official identified as Tinos Manongovere approached the court demanding that she be tried for the “irregular” burial of Mugabe.
Chief Zvimba warned that a ruling will be made even if Grace snubs the summons.
Mugabe, who was deposed by the military in a coup in November 2017, died in September 2019 at a hospital in Singapore. He died a bitter man, according to his nephew Walter Chidhakwa.
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