Prime Minister Tsvangirai returns home for wife’s funeral
Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai has arrived back in Zimbabwe from Botswana ahead of his wife’s funeral on Wednesday, according to an MDC party spokesman.
Susan Tsvangirai died when the car they were travelling in collided with a large truck.
Tsvangirai was travelling in a 4 car convoy, his car was 3rd from front when a haulage truck driver negotiated and avoided the two security cars in front and drove towards Tsvangirai’s Toyota Land cruiser vehicle hitting it head on and killing Susan instantly.
It is not clear why there was no Police escort for Zimbabwe’s Prime Minister.
Tsvangirai was flown to Botswana on Saturday for treatment following a car crash on Friday that killed his wife.
“He’s badly bruised and is receiving treatment,” a Botswanan government source said Saturday.
Tsvangirai left a hospital in Zimbabwe where he had been treated for head injuries from the wreck. Video showed the prime minister walking out of the hospital with a baseball cap over his bandaged head.
Susan Tsvangirai’s body will be taken to Glamis stadium in Harare for a church service on Tuesday, said a party spokesman Nelson Chamisa.
The funeral will take place Wednesday in their rural village of Buhera.
Condolences continued to pour in on Saturday for Susan Tsvangirai the wife of Zimbabwean Premier who died in an traffic accident along the Harare -Masvingo road on Friday.
South African President Kgalema Motlanthe, who is also Chairperson of the Southern African Development Community (SADC), has wished Zimbabwe’s Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai a speedy recover on behalf of South Africa and the regional body.
A statement issued by Motlanthe read: “Government and the people of South Africa and indeed those of the rest of the SADC region, were shocked to learn of the accident involving your Excellency the Prime Minister and your wife Susan.”
The statement further said: “The thoughts and prayers of the people of South Africa are with you, while wishing you a speedy recovery, to enable you to resume your national responsibility as Prime Minister and to assist the people of Zimbabwe in their endeavour to national reconciliation and economic recovery.”
Former President Thabo Mbeki, on Saturday wrote a letter to Tsvangirai, to express his condolences.
Mbeki said his prayers was with the Tsvangirai family during their period of difficulty, and he wished Tsvangirai a speedy recovery in hospital.
ANC President Jacob Zuma also extended his condolences.
“On behalf of the African National Congress, we wish to extend to Prime Minister Tsvangirai and his family our heartfelt sympathies,” said Zuma.
“The tragic passing away of Susan Tsvangirai has been felt by the people of this country and the region.”
The ruling party president said the ANC wished Tsvangirai a “speedy and complete recovery” from his injuries.
Posted by Wellington Chadehumbe
on March 9, 2009. Filed under Local News.
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