UPDATED: Morgan Tsvangirai's Burial Details

Morgan Tsvangirai’s body will be buried at his rural home in Buhera next to his late wife, Susan. President Emmerson Mnangagwa revealed that Tsvangirai will receive a State assisted funeral because of his stint as Prime Minister in the Government of National Unity (GNU) but will not be declared a National Hero. Mourners are currently gathered at Tsvangirai’s Highlands residence in Harare.

Tsvangirai’s brother Collins said that Tsvangirai’s body is expected home today ahead of burial at his rural home at Humanikwa Village, Buhera, on Monday. In an interview with The Herald, from Johannesburg, South Africa, yesterday, Tsvangirai’s younger brother, Collins, said the politician’s body will be flown to Harare today. Said Collins:

There is going to be a memorial service here in Johannesburg this afternoon (yesterday) around 4pm. The body would then be flown to Harare on Saturday around 7pm. It will go to a funeral parlour before being taken to his Highlands residence where it will lie in state. We expect to leave Harare for Buhera on Sunday and our hope is that on Monday there will be burial, or Tuesday at the latest. We do not expect to go beyond Tuesday, but all things being equal, burial would be on Monday.

Update:  MDC-T Secretary General Douglas Mwonzora has since confirmed that the burial has been moved to Tuesday.