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1517: He also thanks Zanu-PF for bestowing on Bridget the liberation war heroine status.

Cde Bridget Mugabe’s body is carried to its final resting place-Pic by Farirai Machivenyika

1516: He also thanks various people and organisations that have helped the family materially and spiritually during their bereavement.

1514: President Mugabe thanks the medical personnel that treated his sister during her three year stay in hospital.

1507: He urges people to use their natural resources for their benefit.

1506: President Mugabe narrates how Bridget was tortured by the settler regime and castigates the use of force to coerce people to follow one’s political view.

1504: He said he never forced his siblings to join the liberation struggle.

1503: President Mugabe described his sister as an intelligent and strong person who was not afraid to even take on men in physical fights.

1459: President Mugabe narrated his family history.

1326: Father Clifford Nhetekwa conducts mass before burial.

1325: Father Ribeiro calls on academics and war veterans to take the lead in writing Zimbabwe’s history.

1131: Some of the mourners that are already gathered at President Mugabe’s home at Kutama Village ahead of the burial of his sister, Bridget today. She died on Sunday morning from heart failure at Parirenyatwa Group of Hospitals.

Senior Government officials at the burial of liberation war heroine Cde Bridget Mugabe-Pic by Farirai Machivenyika