{"id":349143,"date":"2018-02-18T15:06:49","date_gmt":"2018-02-18T12:06:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.capitalfm.co.ke\/news\/?p=349143"},"modified":"2018-02-18T15:06:49","modified_gmt":"2018-02-18T12:06:49","slug":"hundreds-throng-airport-as-zimbabwe-opposition-leaders-body-flown-in","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.capitalfm.co.ke\/news\/2018\/02\/hundreds-throng-airport-as-zimbabwe-opposition-leaders-body-flown-in\/","title":{"rendered":"Hundreds throng airport as Zimbabwe opposition leader&#8217;s body flown in"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_348757\" style=\"width: 778px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.capitalfm.co.ke\/news\/29b31bddcc48892bf619fed2bbbaf924336bb782\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-348757\" class=\"size-full wp-image-348757\" src=\"https:\/\/www.capitalfm.co.ke\/news\/files\/2018\/02\/29b31bddcc48892bf619fed2bbbaf924336bb782.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"768\" height=\"512\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.capitalfm.co.ke\/news\/files\/2018\/02\/29b31bddcc48892bf619fed2bbbaf924336bb782.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.capitalfm.co.ke\/news\/files\/2018\/02\/29b31bddcc48892bf619fed2bbbaf924336bb782-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-348757\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The death of its leader, Morgan Tsvangirai, has left Zimbabwe&#8217;s main opposition party adrift\/AFP<\/p><\/div>\n<p><strong>HARARE, Zimbabwe, Feb 18 &#8211; Hundreds thronged Zimbabwe\u2019s main airport Saturday as the body of opposition icon Morgan Tsvangirai, who died of cancer in neighbouring South Africa, arrived home for burial.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Tsvangirai, a fearless opponent to the ruling ZANU-PF party, died on Wednesday at the age of 65 after a lengthy battle with colon cancer.<\/p>\n<p>Supporters and officials from his Movement for Democratic Change party, gathered at Robert Mugabe International Airport, broke into Christian hymns and party songs as the plane bearing his remains landed.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We have received the body of our president, our hero, our icon, our patriot and great leader,&#8221; said one of Tsvangirai\u2019s three deputies Nelson Chamisa.<\/p>\n<p>The body was taken to a military camp where the bodies of national heroes lie in state before burial.<\/p>\n<p>Tsvangirai will be buried on Tuesday in his rural home in Buhera, 250 kilometres (150 miles) south of Harare.<\/p>\n<p>Opposition compatriots earlier held memorial services in the capital Harare and in the second city of Bulawayo to honour Tsvangirai who was often derided by former president Robert Mugabe as &#8220;a stooge of the west.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>In Bulawayo, Tsvangirai\u2019s former deputy Welshman Ncube praised Tsvangirai for forgiving even his persecutors in government who beat him up.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;He had no bitterness at all, no bitterness that over the years they vilified him, arrested him, beat him and laid treason charges against him,&#8221; Ncube said. &#8220;He was selfless.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>He said Tsvangirai called him to his house in January and hinted that he would not live to see the country\u2019s upcoming elections expected by July this year.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The meeting was very emotional. He said &#8216;Let us be realistic. I won&#8217;t make it. I won&#8217;t be with you in this campaign&#8217;.&#8221; The election is the first to held without Robert Mugabe in nearly four decades.<\/p>\n<p>Tsvangirai was diagnosed with colon cancer in 2016.<\/p>\n<p>The former trade union stalwart led the MDC since its formation in 1999, posing the most formidable challenge to ZANU-PF\u2019s nearly four-decade rule.<\/p>\n<p>In 2008, he beat long-time ruler Mugabe in the first round of presidential elections, narrowly come short of garnering enough votes to be declared outright winner.<\/p>\n<p>However he then pulled out of the second round of voting, which was marred by violence including the killing of around 200 opposition supporters.<\/p>\n<p>Tsvangirai&#8217;s death came as tensions over his succession are threatening to tear the MDC apart handing an advantage to President Emmerson Mnangagwa who took over from Mugabe following a military takeover in November.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>HARARE, Zimbabwe, Feb 18 &#8211; Hundreds thronged Zimbabwe\u2019s main airport Saturday as the body of opposition icon Morgan Tsvangirai, who died of cancer in neighbouring South Africa, arrived home for burial. 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