The widow of former Zimbabwean president Robert Mugabe has reportedly been fined five cows and two goats for not burying her husband properly after he passed away.
A traditional
court met on Thursday morning in the absence of Grace Mugabe, to reach their
decision, a source close to the family said.
The former
first lady, known as Gucci Grace because of her lavish spending lifestyle, is
accused of burying her husband, who died in 2019 at the age of 95, in the
courtyard of his home in Kutama.
While Grace
wanted her husband to be buried in his home town, away from the capital city.
The former
leader's nephew told news outlet SABC last week that the idea of interring
Mugabe in the National Heroes Acre was out of the question for the family
because Mugabe had made it clear during his lifetime that he did not want to be
buried there.
Until his
last breath, Robert Mugabe, who ruled Zimbabwe with an iron fist for 37 years,
harboured a strong grudge against his former vice president Mnangagwa, who was
placed in charge of the country after Mugabe was forced to resign in November
2017.
'He was not
buried at Grace's home but at her estate and we accepted that as a family,'
Mugabe's cousin Dominic Matibiri told AFP.
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