Paul Nyathi|The country’s longtime leader Robert Mugabe is finally going to be buried on Saturday not in the much talked about mausoleum at the National Heroes Acre but in rural Zvimba, Mashonaland West after three weeks of drama over the former strongman’s final resting place.

Security has been tight around the former President’s rural home that now will be the burial site after an abrupt change of plans left Zimbabwe’s government with an incomplete mausoleum on a hilltop at the National Heroes Acre.

The family had preferred the rural site but agreed on a burial at the National Heroes Acre in Harare — only after the construction of a mausoleum that would set Mugabe apart from the rest.

Now steel rods and scaffolding remain at the site as the drama over the resting place of one of Africa’s longest serving leaders continues.

Mugabe died this month in Singapore at age 95. He led Zimbabwe for 37 years before being forced by the military and ruling party to retire.