THE body of national heroine Cde Thokozile Mathuthu who died on Monday will arrive in Hwange tomorrow and pass through Bulawayo for a service on Friday before burial at the National Heroes’ Acre in Harare.

Cde Mathuthu who died at the age of 61, was declared a national heroine and will be buried at the national shrine on Sunday.

The late heroine’s husband, Cde Jonathan Mathuthu last night said: “The body will be flown to Hwange on Thursday morning ahead of a service at Hwange Colliery Stadium at 9AM.”

Matabeleland North Provincial Administrator Ms Latiso Dlamini said the body will be in Bulawayo on Friday.

“The body will also be taken to Bulawayo either to Amphitheatre or Large City Hall before going to Harare for burial. We are however still waiting for finer details on the whole programme,” she said.

Heads of government departments, leaders of local authorities, service chiefs and other stakeholders met at the Provincial Administrator’s office in Lupane on Wednesday to plan for the programme.

State media