Four Zimbabweans Were Killed In SA As Mnangagwa Rushed To WEF A Day Ahead, Mugabe Dies Mnangagwa Aborts WEF With Just One Session Left
6 September 2019
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Mnangagwa cuts WEF trip as Zanu PF decides Mugabe fate   
President Emmerson Mnangagwa at his inauguration after the November 2017 coup

PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has cut short his trip to the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Cape Town, South Africa to chair a potentially explosive meeting to discuss former President Robert Mugabe’s burial arrangement.

Reports in the past few weeks claimed Mugabe had indicated he would not want to be buried at the national heroes acre where source argue a grave had long been allocated to him.

He is expected to jet in Friday afternoon and will miss the last session of the WEF that was ending on the same day.

On the day that Mnangagwa left Zimbabwe for South Africa, the Zimbabwean embassy had reported that four suspected Zimbabwean citizens had been killed in xenophobic attacks in that country.

Zimbabweans called on the President to cancel the trip in order to put pressure on South Africa but Mnangagwa would not have any of that.

Today on getting the news of his mentor and boss, former President Mugabe, Mnangagwa rushed back into the country just hours before closure of the summit.

The move attracted heavy criticism from Zimbabweans who accused Mnangagwa of ignoring the xenophobic attacks victims.

Thousands of Zimbabweans have been displaced in the last few days with some living in the bush.

Mugabe died on Friday in Singapore where he was receiving treatment. Mnangagwa is expected to chair a Politburo meeting, hastily arranged to deal with issues around Mugabe’s burial.

Zanu PF spokesperson Simon Khaya Moyo however professed ignorance of the pending politburo indaba.

“There is no meeting, there is no politburo. We are waiting for President Mnangagwa who arrives anytime this afternoon and he will decide if there is anything like that or not,” said Moyo.