{"id":910,"date":"2019-09-06T06:04:47","date_gmt":"2019-09-06T06:04:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mzansinewslive.co.za\/wp\/?p=910"},"modified":"2019-09-06T07:23:52","modified_gmt":"2019-09-06T07:23:52","slug":"breaking-robert-mugabe-dies-at-age-95","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mzansinewslive.co.za\/wp\/breaking-robert-mugabe-dies-at-age-95\/","title":{"rendered":"BREAKING: Robert Mugabe dies at  age 95"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Former Zimbabwean President, Robert Mugabe passed away in a hospital in Singapore on Friday Morning.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script>\n<!-- Displays -->\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\n     style=\"display:block\"\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6634310512893466\"\n     data-ad-slot=\"9612053602\"\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\n<script>\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n<\/script>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In a statement early on Friday, current Zimbabwean President, Emmerson Mnangagwa called Mugabe \u201can icon of liberation, a pan-Africanist who dedicated his life to the emancipation and empowerment of his people. His contribution to the history of our nation and continent will never be forgotten. May his soul rest in eternal peace.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Cde Mugabe was an icon of liberation, a pan-Africanist who dedicated his life to the emancipation and empowerment of his people. His contribution to the history of our nation and continent will never be forgotten. May his soul rest in eternal peace (2\/2)<\/p>&mdash; President of Zimbabwe (@edmnangagwa) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/edmnangagwa\/status\/1169839311430115329?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 6, 2019<\/a><\/blockquote> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n\n\n\n<script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script>\n<!-- Displays -->\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\n     style=\"display:block\"\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6634310512893466\"\n     data-ad-slot=\"9612053602\"\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\n<script>\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n<\/script>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Messages have been pouring in on Twitter under the Hashtag #RIPMugabe.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Below are some of the tweets:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">&quot;We did not send away whites. We took away land.\u201d <br><br>Rest in peace son of the soil. \u270a <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/RIPMugabe?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#RIPMugabe<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/zMmtMcRaha\">pic.twitter.com\/zMmtMcRaha<\/a><\/p>&mdash; ndu mbonane \ud83c\uddff\ud83c\udde6 (@ndu_mbonane) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ndu_mbonane\/status\/1169853882765168640?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 6, 2019<\/a><\/blockquote> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Some of Robert Mugabe&#39;s iconic moments <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/RIPMugabe?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#RIPMugabe<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/m01i3u5AtM\">pic.twitter.com\/m01i3u5AtM<\/a><\/p>&mdash; K U L A N I (@kulanicool) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/kulanicool\/status\/1169848923071991808?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 6, 2019<\/a><\/blockquote> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">One of our greatest Pan Africanist Leaders&#8230;an African for Africans. Rest In Absolute Power \u270a\ud83c\udffd! We will tell your story the right way NOT the white way! <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/RIPMugabe?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#RIPMugabe<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/rayguupPju\">pic.twitter.com\/rayguupPju<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Dudu Zuma-Sambudla (@DZumaSambudla) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DZumaSambudla\/status\/1169850236635795457?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 6, 2019<\/a><\/blockquote> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n\n\n\n<script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script>\n<!-- Displays -->\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\n     style=\"display:block\"\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6634310512893466\"\n     data-ad-slot=\"9612053602\"\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\n<script>\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n<\/script>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/RIPMugabe?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#RIPMugabe<\/a> <br><br>Your legacy is one that is laced with alot of mixed feelings. <br><br>But your people will be forever grateful for putting their lands in their hands.<\/p>&mdash; Cinderella Man (@Osi_Suave) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Osi_Suave\/status\/1169849561155682304?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 6, 2019<\/a><\/blockquote> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Former President Robert Mugabe died in Singapore aged 95. He had been battling ill-health, and President Emmerson Mnangagwa told a Cabinet meeting two weeks ago that doctors had discontinued treatment. Mugabe, was ousted from power in a military coup in November 2017. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/RIPMugabe?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#RIPMugabe<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/r230e4JByQ\">https:\/\/t.co\/r230e4JByQ<\/a><\/p>&mdash; SABC News Online (@SABCNewsOnline) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SABCNewsOnline\/status\/1169842144833499136?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 6, 2019<\/a><\/blockquote> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n\n\n\n<p> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former Zimbabwean President, Robert Mugabe passed away in a hospital in Singapore on Friday Morning. 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