President Robert Mugabe has declared Mbuya Maud Muzenda a national heroine.
Mbuya Muzenda was the wife of the late national hero and Vice President Dr Simon Muzenda and she died on Tuesday at the Avenues Clinic in Harare at the age of 88.
The Minister of Defence, Dr Sydney Sekeramayi, who is also a Zanu PF politburo member, delivered the message to mourners gathered at the Muzenda homestead in Chisipite, Harare.
Dr Sekeramayi was accompanied by Acting Home Affairs Minister Dr Joseph Made.
Mbuya Muzenda’s body will be taken to Gutu today and will be ferried back to Harare tomorrow.
Burial is on Saturday at the National Heroes Acre in Harare.