The country’s civil service has joined the nation and the world in mourning the passing on of former President Robert Gabriel Mugabe, who has been described as a distinguished cadre who fought tirelessly to liberate and empower citizens.

In a statement yesterday, Chief Secretary to the President and Cabinet Dr Misheck Sibanda said Mugabe’s death robbed the country of an “outstanding nationalist and a pan-Africanist par excellence”.

“The Chief Secretary to the President and Cabinet, Dr Misheck Sibanda, deputy chief secretaries, senior management of the Office of the President and the rest of the civil service, join His Excellency Cde ED Mnangagwa, President of the Republic of Zimbabwe, the Mugabe family and the nation as a whole, in mourning the sad passing on of the founding father of our nation and former President of our country, Cde Robert Gabriel Mugabe on 6th September 2019,” said Dr Sibanda.

“In Cde R. G. Mugabe, our country, and indeed Africa as a whole, has lost a selfless revolutionary leader, outstanding nationalist and a pan-Africanist par excellence.

“Our beloved departed former President has left us an enduring legacy of commitment to national peace and unity, which he pursued through his far-sighted policy of national reconciliation, the 22 December 1987 Unity Accord between ZANU and ZAPU and other subsequent unifying efforts he undertook throughout his leadership.”State media