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The family of former Zimbabwe president Robert Mugabe has agreed to bury him at the National Heroes Acre in the country’s capital, Harare.
The family was initially opposed to the government’s plan to bury him at the monument for national heroes and preferred burying him in a private ceremony at his home.
"Yes I can confirm," his nephew Leo Mugabe said about the decision to bury him at the National Heroes Acre.
Leo said the traditional chiefs in Mugabe's homestead made the decision to have him interred at the Heroes Acre.
"They have now pronounced their position, so if they have pronounced that the burial will be at the Heroes Acre, that means that we now have to wait for the details... whether it will be a private burial or a public one."
It is reported that the family was unhappy with President Emmerson Mnangagwa as he played a key role in the ouster of Mugabe from power in 2017.
The National Heroes Acre is hilltop shrine reserved exclusively for Zimbabwean leaders who made huge sacrifices during the war against white-minority rule and who dedicated their lives to the nation.
The shrine, which was built with the help of North Korean architects, gives an impressive view of Harare and features a huge bronze statue of three guerrilla fighters.
95-year-old Mugabe, who had been ailing for a long time, died while undergoing treatment at a hospital in Singapore last Friday. His body arrived in the South African nation on Wednesday.
Chinese President Xi Jinping, Cuban former leader Raul Castro, South Africa president Cyril Ramaphosa are among those expected to attend Mugabe's state funeral on Saturday in Harare.