Jane Mlambo| South African opposition Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) leader Julius Malema has touched down at the Robert Gabriel Mugabe International Airport in Harare and has left for the late former President Robert Mugabe’s Blue roof mansion to pay his condolences to the family.

Malema did not speak to the press upon arrival but posed for a few photos with airport staff before he was whisked away.

Malema was expected to attend Mugabe’s funeral service at the National Sports Stadium but did not turn up.

He has openly saluted the late iconic leader as a pan African whose contribution to the development and emancipation of the African continent should be honored.