By Paul Nyathi|The bereaved family of the late MDC-T leader Morgan Tsvangirai rushed rushed to President Emmerson Mnangagwa on Saturday to seek assistance with the burial of the late opposition leader’s sister who died on Friday.

Family spokesperson Garikayi Tsvangirai, son to the late MDC-T leader, revealed to weekend state media that the family had visited President Mnangagwa in their bereavement time and he assisted them with fuel and money to assist bury Miriro Tsvangirai, sister to Morgan.

“We met His Excellency, the President, at his offices at Munhumutapa,” said Garikai Tsvangirai.

“We did not follow the party line on this one because we felt it was for us as children,” he said.

“We had gone there to convey our gratitude as children of the late Mr Tsvangirai. It was a fruitful meeting in which the President promised to own up to all his promises he made before and after our father’s death.

According to the media reports, Garikai Tsvangirai revealed that President Mnangagwa said he would assist the family get a farm through the Minister of Agriculture Lands and Rural Resettlement Perrence Shiri.

President Mnangagwa is reported to be also providing a full scholarship for Morgan Tsvangirai’s daughter, Millicent, through the Minister of State for Government Scholarships in the Office of the President and Cabinet, Dr Christopher Mushohwe.

Morgan Tsvangirai succumbed to cancer of the colon in February in South Africa at age 65 and was buried at his rural home in Buhera through a state financed funeral.