Zimbabwe: All Set for Chitepo, Mwashita Historic Burial

13 April 2016

All is set for an historic burial of national heroines, Comrades Victoria Fikile Chitepo (88) and Vivian Mwashita (58), who both died in Harare last Friday, with Government providing 48 buses to ferry mourners from their respective provinces to the National Heroes Acre to accord the two a befitting send off. According to a provisional burial programme, the bodies of the heroines are expected to leave Mt Pleasant and New Cranborne respectively at 7:30am for viewing at Stodart Hall in Mbare, while burial is expected to take place around midday.

Harare Provincial Administrator Mr Alfred Tome said the two heroines deserved a befitting send off as they remained resolute to the ideology of the party during and after the liberation struggle. "Thousands of people, be it women, children and war veterans are expected to come tomorrow (today) to bid farewell to the two heroines who dedicated their lives to the struggle.

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