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THE burial of the late executive director of the National Presidential Scholarship Programme and national hero, Dr Chris Mushohwe is set for tomorrow at the National Heroes’ Acre.
In a statement this morning, the Ministry of Home Affairs and Cultural Heritage said the burial session will be presided over by President Mnangagwa.
Dr Mushohwe’s body was today flown to his rural home in Bocha, Marange where family and friends will pay their last respects.
“The Ministry of Home Affairs and Cultural Heritage wishes to advise the nation that the late national hero, Dr Christopher Chindoti Mushohwe who passed on on February 13 will be laid to rest on Thursday, February 16.
“The body will be flown to his rural home Bocha, Marange in Manicaland this morning where family and friends will pay their last respects and will return to Harare where it will lie in state at Number 12, Niels Lane, Ballantyne Park. A church service for the late national hero shall be held at the given address on February 15 at 6pm,” reads the statement.
The public is free to attend the burial session and all should be seated by 8am, adds the statement.
Dr Mushohwe, who was the former Manicaland Provincial Affairs Minister, ex-Mutare West legislator and former Cabinet minister died on Monday aged 69 after a long illness.
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