ZimEye will be giving you live updates as the body of the late liberation war icon Dr Dumiso Dabengwa arrives today in Bulawayo.

Dr Dabengwa’s body is expected today and will land at Joshua Nqabuko Nkomo airport in Bulawayo.

Dr Dabengwa, 79, died on Thursday in Nairobi, Kenya on his way back home from India where he had gone for medical treatment. The Zipra intelligence supremo succumbed to a liver ailment.

Family spokesman Mr Freeman Dr Dabengwa, who is the Zapu leader’s last born son, said the body was expected at around midday. It will be accompanied by Dr Dabengwa’s wife, Zodwa.

The family has provisionally planned to bury Dr Dabengwa this Saturday at his rural home in Ntabazinduna – about 40km outside Bulawayo.

“Nyaradzo (funeral parlour) buses will ferry mourners from the Large City Hall to the airport at 10.30am tomorrow (today),” said Mr Dabengwa.

“We are grateful for the assistance received from the Government through provision of food for the scores of mourners.”