HARARE – President Robert Mugabe’s sister Bridget Mugabe has been declared a liberation heroine. She died aged 78 on Sunday morning from heart failure at Parirenyatwa Group of Hospitals after spending more than three years on life support.
Bridget Mugabe collapsed at the National Heroes Acre in 2010 at the burial of her sister Sabina Mugabe and had been admitted in the hospitals’ intensive care unit ever since.
A frail looking President Mugabe slumped on a sofa was filmed publicly for the first time on Sunday at State House days after he sneaked back into country from Singapore where he spent part of his annual holiday. This helped quash rumours that the 89 year old had died.
All the pictures of the President released so far including those from his rural home in Zvimba yesterday have featured him seated on a sofa. Its not clear yet whether he is able to walk on his own.
Meanwhile Zanu-PF Mashonaland West secretary for administration Kindness Paradza said the party had conferred liberation heroine status after considering her contributions to Zimbabwe’s freedom.
“She was a disciplinarian, a teacher, a unifier and a cultural ambassador who promoted our cultural heritage. She was also a firm promoter of self-reliance among Zimbabweans, believing that we should be masters of our destiny,” Paradza said.
On Monday, Bridget Mugabe’s body was taken to Kutama Village in Zvimba ahead of burial at the rural home on Tuesday.
