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African Leaders Mourn Mugabe
6 September 2019
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Jane Mlambo| African leaders have joined Zimbabweans in mourning the late Robert Mugabe who passed on in Singapore this morning.

President of Kenya, Uhuru Kenyatta was the first to send out his condolences saying Mugabe will be remembered as a man of courage who was never afraid to fight for what he believed in even when it not popular.

“On behalf of the Government and the People of the Republic of Kenya and on my own behalf, I wish to convey our deepest sympathies and condolences to the Government and the People of the Republic of Zimbabwe following the death of former President Robert Gabriel Mugabe,” said Kenyatta in a statement this morning.

Kenyatta’s deputy William Ruto also posted on Twitter labeling Mugabe a revolutionary freedom fighter and a liberation hero.

President of South Africa Cyril Ramaphosa has also issued a statement mourning the death of Mugabe.

“South Africans join the people and government of Zimbabwe in mourning the passing of a liberation fighter and champion of Africa’s cause against colonialism,” reads Ramaphosa’s statement.

“Under President Mugabe’s leadership, Zimbabwe’s sustained and valiant struggle against colonialism inspired our own struggle against apartheid and built in us the hope that one day South Africa too would be free,” added Ramaphosa.

Not to be outdone was Julius Malema who described Mugabe as a martyr and a giant of African revolution.

“I’m saddened by the passing of our martyr & giant of the African Revolution Cde President Robert Mugabe. Let’s continue the fight & protect his legacy. We must not allow our enemies to tell us how to remember him; we know our heroes,” said Malema.