Zimbabwe: Hero Mutema's Burial Today

29 August 2015

Zimbabweans are today expected to converge at the National Heroes Acre for the burial of national hero, Bulawayo High Court judge Justice Andrew Mutema. Justice Mutema, whose nom de guerre was "Killer Mabhunu" which he later changed to "Kingsley Dube Watema" died at Mater Dei Hospital in Bulawayo last Friday.

The Zimbabwe Defence Forces yesterday held a memorial service for Justice Mutema at One Commando Barracks in Harare. Judge President Justice George Chiweshe and Major-General Engelbert Rugeje gave a heart-rending account of the hardships endured by the late judge and other war heroes during the liberation struggle.

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