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Mugabe's body arrived from Singapore on Wednesday in Harare where he was given an honour guard

Confusion As Mugabe's Family, Government Squabble Over Burial Site

Zimbabwe ex-president Robert Mugabe's family and the government squabbled over his burial on Thursday, with the place of the ceremony -- and even its date -- unclear after relatives snubbed a plan for him to be entombed at a national monument.Mugabe died in Singapore last week aged 95, leaving Zimbabweans torn over the legacy of a leader once lauded as a colonial-era liberation hero, but whose autocratic 37-year rule ended in a coup in 2017.
A hearse transporting Mugabe's body left a Singapore funeral parlour accompanied by a police escort

Mugabe's body arrives home to divided Zimbabwe, burial dispute

The body of Zimbabwe's ex-president, Robert Mugabe, arrived home on Wednesday to an honour guard in a country divided over the legacy of a former liberation hero whose 37-year rule was marked by repression and economic ruin.Mugabe, a guerrilla leader who rose to power after Zimbabwe's independence from Britain and governed until he was ousted by the military in 2017, died on Friday in Singapore, aged 95.
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South Africa Tech Giant Naspers' European Spinoff In Stunning Debut

South African media titan Naspers on Wednesday effectively created Europe's largest consumer tech company, called Prosus, with a stunning Amsterdam stock debut driven by interest in its stake in China's Tencent.Prosus' value instantly soared to around 123 billion euros ($136 billion) according to the Bloomberg news agency, making the group the largest to trade on the Amsterdam stock exchange after Shell and Unilever.
Aftermath: People rummage through looted foreign-owned shops in Malvern, a Johannesburg suburb

Tensions ease in SAfrica-Nigeria xenophobia row

Tensions eased between twin African powerhouses South Africa and Nigeria on Thursday after Pretoria temporarily closed its diplomatic missions in the rival state following a wave of attacks on foreign-owned stores there that claimed 10 lives."Nigeria does not seek an escalation of the ongoing situation," a senior aide to Nigeria's President Muhammadu Buhari told reporters on condition of anonymity.
Lesotho-based company Medigrow cultivates cannabis legally for the medical marijuana industry

Lesotho, Africa's medical cannabis pioneer

Vast white greenhouses sit high up on the slopes of Lesotho's Marakabei town, hidden from view.It's not fruit or vegetables, however, growing under the 18 plastic covers, but thousands of cannabis plants.The cannabis is grown legally by the Lesotho-based company Medigrow and is regulated by the government."We have three rows that contain 1,200 plants each. That's 3,600 plants across the whole structure," said Medigrow's head of production Albert Theron, gazing proudly over the crop.

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