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Thousands Mourn Zimbabwe PM’s Wife
Tens of thousands of people came out Wednesday to celebrate the life of Susan Tsvangirai, wife of Zimbabwe Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai who died last week in a car crash, reports the BBC. Mourners also came out in force to the two memorial services on Tuesday, one of which was held at church where President Robert Mugabe spoke in front of mourners, the other at a Glamis Stadium, where about 30,000 where in attendance, according to Movement for Democratic Change party officials. Although Mugabe and Tsvangirai were staunch political rivals (the two decided to enter into a unity government last month) the controversial president showed a humane side while addressing mourners. “I think yesterday, we saw a part that we are not used to,” said MDC Secretary-General Tendai Biti about Mugabe. “He is also a human being; he is a human being, like all of us.”  Mrs. Tsvangirai was buried in the village of Buhera, which is 124 miles south of Harare. Biti recognized her as a revolutionary at Tuesday’s memorial at Glamis Stadium. She was “an activist and revolutionary in her own right. … She believed in the same values as her husband in wishing to bring about democratic change in Zimbabwe through a new, people-driven constitution.” The Tsvangirai family will be going to South Africa to rest for a few days, Biti said.
 

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