Police Ban Public Coffin 'Parades' in Zimbabwe

The act is reportedly a colourful feature of the funerals of drug lords, diamond dealers and other controversial characters.

Touts carrying the body of their colleague who died after being hit by a Kombi during violence between taxi operators and Harare municipal police recently.

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