Thousands of people gathered to bid farewell to Zimbabwe’s veteran opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai on Tuesday.
Tsvangirai died last week in South Africa, after a 2-year battle with cancer.
Tsvangirai will be laid to rest at his rural home in Buhera later on Tuesday. Before his body left Harare it was given a rousing send-off by thousands for whom he stood.
The newly elected interim leader, Nelson Chamisa consoled party faithful assuring them the cause for which their late leader fought would be realised.
“We are going to bury his body, but we are not going to bury his ideas. The ideas we will bring back. The idea of a new Zimbabwe. The idea of democratic and inclusive dispensation, Chamisa said. “The idea of a people whose working rights are being respected. The idea of democracy. The idea of freedom. The idea of the right of young people to have dignity in Zimbabwe.”
While they may be mourning, tens of thousands of them have vowed to honour Morgan Tsvangirai’s legacy by delivering the 2018 election to the opposition MDC.”
Tsvangirai had forged an alliance with six other parties to challenge the ruling ZANU-PF in polls due later this year.
The coalition will have to settle on a new flag bearer following his death.
Tsvangirai’s own party, divided over his successor, is hoping to use his death as a rallying point to heal the rifts.
