Zimbabweans mourn "mother of struggle"

from the BBC:

In his sermon, Rev Joseph Muwanzi reminded President Mugabe that his party's supreme organ, the Politburo, decides who should be accorded national hero status.

But the priest noted that ultimately it is God who will judge all our actions by deciding after our burial who should go to heaven or hell....

As the convoy of vehicles left the church, a 500m stretch of road was turned into flickering stream of traffic.

'Pillar of strength'

Away from the church service, mourners clad in MDC party regalia gathered at a Harare stadium to play their part on a day of remembrance....