"Promises" That Settled Msika Family
The late VP Joseph Msika at a Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe function Harare, Zimbabwe, 06 August 2009 The family of Vice-president Msika demanded that the veteran nationalist's body to Bulawayo, his political roots, it has been confirmed. The state media, mentioning in passing, only says that his family "requested" that he be taken to Bulawayo. As you have read before on this blog, the tense negotiations with the family gave birth to these two events. I am told that the Msika family was emotionally torn between his burial at Heroes Acre or his beloved rural home in Chiweshe. "We knew there was no choice, but we knew how much the old man loved kumusha," says a source. Ambuya Msika's health also gave cause for pause. Having been with her husband for so long, she herself was said to be thinking about the real possibility that she would not, when time comes as it must to all of us, lie next to her husband if he were to be taken to Heroes Acre. I understand an assura...