Reports from Harare say a chief in Zimbabwe has ordered the exhumation and reburial of Robert Mugabe’s remains.

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Mugabe is now set to be reburied at the national heroes’ shrine in Harare after the his wife, Grace Mugabe has been accused of breaking local custom by burying him at his rural home in 2019.

After presiding over a village court last week, the chief this week issued a ruling that found Grace Mugabe guilty of breaking traditional norms by burying her husband in the courtyard of his home.

She did not attend the hearing, and was fined five cows and a goat for her transgression.

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