Tsvangirai crash was ‘hand of God’, says Robert Mugabe
President Robert Mugabe says the car crash that killed Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai’s wife was “the hand of God”.
“It will take him time to recover from this shock. I plead with you to accept it, it’s the hand of God,” Mr Mugabe told hundreds of mourners gathered at a Methodist church in Harare today for a funeral service for Susan Tsvangirai.
The remarks were Mr Mugabe’s first public comments on the crash that injured Tsvangirai and killed his wife on Friday.
An oncoming truck hit their four-wheel drive on a potholed highway outside Harare, sending their vehicle flipping off the road.
Mr Mugabe and his wife Grace visited Mr Tsvangirai in hospital shortly after the collision, which had sparked speculation that the crash was linked to a long history of political leaders dying in suspicious accidents.
Mr Mugabe, whose supporters staged deadly attacks against Mr Tsvangirai’s Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) around last year’s elections, said it was time for Zimbabwe to move past the violence.
“We are doing our best that we create a conducive environment and tell our supporters that the issue of violence must end,” he said.
“Rest assured we are with you, honourable prime minister. Our hearts on this day and the days to follow, we are with you,” he added.
Susan Tsvangirai will be buried tomorrow.
Posted by Wellington Chadehumbe
on March 10, 2009. Filed under Local News.
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