Former Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe’s burial will only take place in 30 days, specifically because the family needs a mausoleum to be build for the former President of 37 years.

This according to family spokesperson Leo Mugabe. 

“Yes I can confirm,” Leo Mugabe told reporters when asked whether the family had agreed to a burial in National Heroes Acre in Harare.

He said the traditional chiefs in Mugabe’s homestead had made that decision.‌

“They have now pronounced their position so if they have pronounced that the burial will be at the Heroes Acre that means that we now have to wait for the details… whether it will be a private burial or a public one.”

Widow Grace Mugabe reportedly wishes for her late husband to be buried in the mausoleum, which will break with tradition, with normal Heroes Acre burial involves graves separated by a granite tombstone.  

Mugabe died last week at the age of 95 in a Singaporean hospital.