PRESIDENT Robert Mugabe, wife Grace and Vice President Emmerson Mnangagwa all chose to stay away from Sunday's burial of Masvingo Provincial Affairs Minister, Shuvai Mahofa with signs they were still keen to wade off an intense week-long media spotlight on them.
It was left for co-Vice President Phelekezela Mphoko to preside over a tense ceremony whose undercurrents were seen in a section of Zanu PF supporters who heckled him during his speech.
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