ZIMBABWEAN First Lady Grace Mugabe yesterday visited former Zambian First Lady Maureen Mwanawasa, to console her over the death of Dr Mwanawasa. Mrs Mugabe, who came aboard an Air Zimbabwe flight that touched down at Lusaka International Airport at 12.45 hours, was welcomed by acting President Rupiah Banda’s wife Thandiwe and some senior Government officials.
Mrs Mugabe broke down upon meeting Mrs Mwanawasa at State House as the two embraced at length.
Mrs Mugabe told Mrs Mwanawasa that she was deeply shocked when she learnt about the death of Dr Mwanawasa.
“My sister I was away at the time of the President’s death and could not come with my husband for the burial. I thought I should call you but since we used to work together a lot, it was difficult for me to do so,” she said.
“But because I was so touched, I said to myself, let me go today and express my condolences to my sister face to face. Please accept my condolences and I urge you to look to God during this trying moment,” Mrs Mugabe said. She said the death of Dr Mwanawasa was a great loss not only to Zambia but the African Continent. She further urged Mrs Mwanawasa not to despair but look to God knowing that he did not give anyone burdens they could not bear.
Mrs Mugabe assured her colleague that she would always be there for her and the children whenever they needed her. She said it was now the responsibility of Mrs Mwanawasa to look after her children as a single parent, but that she should always look to God for guidance on how best look after them.
She said the best way to remember and honour Dr Mwanawasa was by ensuring that the children were supported. Mrs Mugabe called on Mrs Mwanawasa to continue with her organisation, the Maureen Mwanawasa Community Initiative to help the needy and that her husband’s death should not discourage her.
She said Mrs Mwanawasa was free to ask for any form of assistance from her in Zimbabwe to enable her continue sustaining her children and her organisation to eradicate poverty among the needy.
Earlier, Mrs Mugabe signed a book of condolences at State House.
In her message, she expressed her deep sense of shock and sorrow at the death of Dr Mwanawasa.
“I express my deep sympathies and condolences to my dear sister Maureen and the children as well as to the people of Zambia…,” Mrs Mugabe wrote.
She prayed for the soul of the late President to rest in peace.
Mrs Mugabe and Mrs Mwanawasa later laid wreaths at Embassy Park, the burial site of the late Dr Mwanawasa.
Why are we still talking about Molini suwa? Ba LT anything else please?
What is happening? sure we can not allow such to be happening.! Chase Mugabe’s wife away!
Guys not being awkward but the first picture makes them look like from Muppet show! lol
she is gonna be a widow soon. that old man doesnt have long to live! he is alredy half past dead
And the Oscar for the best show of emotions go to . . .
Ms mugabe utumolu ukufita kwati chitumbi
They appear as if they are attending a FANCY KITCHEN PARTY, OOOOMPH!
Guys dont be harsh on Mrs Mugabe, she has not done anything wrong. She is just a wife……..and not Mugabe. You Welcome to Zambia Mrs Mugabe.
Mrs Mugabe says she was away,: she went into hiding (hibernate) in China during the ‘failed elections’. Look at how wasted she is, tumolu kwati ni pensulo.
Imwe ba #8, finshi mulelenda? Grace Mugabe is behind all the power thirst behind Robert Mugabe, who doesn’t know?
guys take it easy.besides shes already a widow herself. her old man is half past dead
#8 Nchimunya Chaammwe – are you the CBU man (School of Technology)? Please confirm.
Iwe #10, Waitaya, I will not argue with you. It seems you have all the facts. Congratulations…………….
#10 yes Mudale, its me….dont tell me you’re Mainza
#14 It’s me chilombe. How did you guess? Get in touch with me on [email protected]. I’ve just created this email.
#15.Kwaamba yawe…..download the yahoo messenger so we can chat………..
Our african tradition allows us to grieve with those who grieve. Let her show her support to her friend. She will need it as well, as we all need support when we are bereaved.
Mugabe was honest in his speech when he said that late Levy was an honest man. Give credit where it is due and not look for the negative in other. No man absolutely none is perfect.
Both women previous secretaries to their husbands. Both MAHULE!
#16 Ndabbulyauka chilombe. I’ll do just that. But in the mean time, I’ll wait for your e-mail.
#19 Ndatuma kale email……………..
No:18. Wafisenda personal……wantinya
mrs mugabe is better than our maureen and their Ka mugabe. maybe maureen can learn something from her.
baiche imwe #19 and #20 you are just congesting this place of discussion by indroducing yourselves…. stop now
Iwe ka #22. Mind your business……….
#21, Mwilatina bakalamba. These are all facts.
Well done first lady of Zimbabwe Grace Mugabe this shows you have a heart. Where is First lady of America or Britain did they console Mrs Mwanawasa? No they didn`t because the white man loves you when you are still alive if they want something from and if you die thats it.
ALL I CAN SEE IS CROCODILE TEARS!
My muzungu friend in the USA has just heard that LPM died. My Mormon church friend! May be Laura Bush is not aware that our world leader died. She might come to console the former first family and lay wreths
After burial is the best time to console the bereaved because they are left alone-well done gire !
Who let this ignorant woman into the country???..she is probably here negotiating for exile once once the African Hitler dies!!!..push off on one of yopur european shopping trips Grace
#25 What are doing in their country?
you Zambians dont be fouled by those crocodile tears from grace mugabe she is an evil woman.its all because robert mugabe killed Mwanawasa in Egypt conference.that is why they are all crying so loud in Mwanawase homestead,mugabe and the wife should not/never trusred when it comes to killing.they kill and will show sorrow in your face.After the husband went in a rampage to kill and torture zimbabweans and burn the people’s houses in one village in Mutare grace mugabe went round in turn to donate blankets and kapenta and told the villagers that she would come back to take the goods if they did not vote for mugabe. so Zambians do not trust that couple or they will invade your country soon
you Zambians dont be fouled by those crocodile tears from grace mugabe she is an evil woman.its all because robert mugabe killed Mwanawasa in Egypt conference.that is why they are all crying so loud in Mwanawase homestead,mugabe and the wife should not/never trusted when it comes to killing.they kill and will show sorrow in your face.After the husband went in a rampage to kill and torture zimbabweans and burn the people’s houses in one village in Mutare grace mugabe went round in turn to donate blankets and kapenta and told the villagers that she would come back to take the goods if they did not vote for mugabe. so Zambians do not trust that couple or they will invade your country soon
Maureen looks Good and beautiful, i like the shoes and ….. and ……
#31 #32 Show the evidence.
Grace Mugabe seems to have lost weight hey,is it pressure at home,she’s blamed for her husband’s wanting to cling on top power but she has no say whatsoever however she’s a shopaholic.
Anyway guys,here is a forum created by me your fellow Zambian,this site is for all africans who want to share ideas,feel free to interact & start new discussions without being told you’r posting too fast.
afrofusion.proboards.com/
Just copy & paste this onto your browser or google & you will find us,this site was created only on friday nite 10/9/2008 but it will surely grow.Enjoy
yawn
1. sata is a satanist
2. sata will turn zambia into zimbabwe
3. Mmembe will join the history books after post is closed
4. Mateyo will arrest sata on 1st nov for destablising the nation
5. Sata will die from a heart attack
What does grace mean by helping maureen and her foundation is she going to dich out those worthless billions of zim dollars
The headlines which Malama had rejected however appeared in the Post the next day. This is a matter of public record because Malama took the matter to court.
The Post was frightened of a Sata led government believing quite correctly that the PF would not give it the lee way and favours that they had enjoyed under Mwanawasa. Sata and the Post
have along running feud which boils over into the public domain every so often.
In any event, the Post began its own form of censorship protecting its powerful friends and business allies. An example of this is how stories of corruption of corruption at the DEC were
ignored because the officers involved belonged to the family tree.
The Post will never write anything about banker Rajan Mahtani or his bank Finance Bank in fact it would go out of its way
to project Mahtani who is part of Mwanawasa’s circle of financiers and a good friend of Finance minister Ngandu Magande.
But like everything, things came to a head recently. The recent attempt to foist Finance Minister Ngandu Magande’s nomination as party president on the people has been the Paper and Mmembe’s waterloo.
prove that Sata is a satinist.
number 33 sounds like he likes widows
malilo ni ku lilana well done Gile 4 the support
gile why dont you mourn thousand of zim guys dying with hunger. number 43 u are dull
#41 and #42, you have been reading that ka pamhlet being circulated about The Post by anonymous writers. Ever wondered why the writers have remained anonymous while the people they are fighting have the balls to say what they want openly? Truth my friend.
Atase, ba Grace, after all ba LPM was stressed because of your hubby’s stubornness. And this is the same woman who was caught in a fight with her rival and then she can come here and talk about God. Crocodile tears indeed.
But ba Maureen ba oneka bwino mwe
#53, why are you so desperate with your Afro Fusion Forum. Checked it out and it is not for Zambians, it is for Africans as the name sounds and why should we shift from LT and go there. We stick to LT and Zambianfootball.net because these two are Zambia and they report news. We are not women to go to your forums and gossip and chat like we are looking for dates. Only serious issues take our interest. In any case, if your creation is worth it, people will naturally flock there. Case in point: Facebook.
Compared to Gile, that is.
Let us find something nice and beneficial to talk about not these two politicians who have nothing to do with zed.
LT good work for heeding the call to putting footnotes on photos. Well, done.
#28, Nte
#48 What Afro Fusion Forum?
BA #37 MULI SHILU KWATI TAWAFYALWA KU MWAUME NO MWANAKASHI NGANIBAWISO KUTI WALANDA AYO MARUBBISH SHUT YO BEAK IF YOUVE NOTHING TO TALK ABOUT SILLY YOU
Being a politician does ot warrant a bed bug like you to demean him i we #37 uli kabwa sana
#37 you will die before mugabe and sata if you want we can bet online. go to the cemetery and see how many of your friends are gone? they have left behind the sata’s, mugabe’s, RB’s and the KK’s, Mona akali mulinso yobe.
What has happened to Zambians???? surely all this outrage on a “poor widow” guys if you have lost someone close before, you would not write some of these things you are writing. We may not have liked LPM or may not like Morin, but please for heaven’s sake, LPM is dead and there are young children left. Please spare Morin, concetrate of HH, Sata n RB!
guys plse there is non wrong for Mrs Mugabe to visit maureen,next time it will be you mourning!
#57 Please learn to move on in life!
Respect the dead and those they live behind
I think it is about time we all learnt to leave Maureen alone. Let her mourn her husband in peace. I think that it is very painful for her now. We should not be cruel in the things that we say about other people and about her. How many of you have lost a husband and who are we to judge her? LEAVE HER ALONE. She has children to look after and she is suffering emotional pain right now that none of us can feel.
I ask you to be human and to leave her alone please?
I THOUGHT MAUREEN HAD VACATED STATE HOUSE..I WANTED TO ADVERTISE AS VACANT HOUSE FOR RENT IN SANGWAPO..FUMENI MAYO MU NG’ANDA.SATA HAS PACKED HIS BAGS READY TO MOVE IN
Honestly how do you sob with your specs on…croco tears
So this is news?
And it makes the headlines?
Next The Man visits Lusaka times offices and it shall be news pa ZNBC. And again who is The Man.
Mugabe is unable to give his people basic necessities and inflation keeps sky rocketing, how on earth is he going to offer support Maureen, her children and her organization?
Crocodile tears
There is nothing wrong for mrs mugabe to come and pay her last respect and meet maureen.
up to this time even me i am still crying the late president
you it pains today it is maureen and tomorrow it will be you so let us respect each other.ni ku lilana na ku tandizana
My God,Mrs Mugabe looks more a mourner than Maureen!
i agree with #1. why are we still talking about molini for goodness sake?
Sex na Grace Mugabe kuti yaumfwika bwino
WELLDONE GRACE YOU ARE A TRUE FRIEND.
Maureen! please as arranged.
MAUREEN LOOK SEXY AND I READ SHE IS READ TO REMARRY.I OFFER HER HOLIDAY TO SANJIKA PALANCE IN MALAWI
What is Grace Mugabe wearing!!!! Maureen better give her a few tips on how to look the part of “first lady”! Urghhhh!!!
People we have to learn to respect one another we live in one world and we will all experience death so lets be fair to each other!!!
One Love!
I cant believe what I am reading. It’s pathetic to say the least. U guys should be commenting on how Zambia is about to be thrown back into stone age by a group of unscrupulous politicians. If you careful, Zambia will be worse than current day Zimbabwe in 10 years, and you will all wish Mrs Mugabe was your friend. Mark my words.
So is the widow of the late LPM is still in State House? Is she still waiting for the benefits to be processed?? How many widows have been chased from institutional houses after their husbands demise?? Double standards!!!!!Allow her to wait for benefits at the farm.. Government business should be conducted at State House.. Move on lady, its not the end of the world.
Those ladies look cool in those beautiful dresses bought from the tax payers monies.
Lady maureen be strong, you are not the first one you will die as well and meet your husband in heaven.
Vote for H H he will introduce cheap flight fares to China for shopping on the weekends.
#80 CI LIVINGSTONE
You think HH is a magician
thats why mwefibantu fya uku ku side tesana (havent mentioned any place)
maureen nice hair styre.no duku ya black or dress ya black.is she red to go wine and dine.ba widow
Mrs. Mugabe means well. She did not want to come in the pomp and spleandear during the state funeral. I think I respect her approach and it is more mature than we expected. She could just be Maureen’s genuine friend.
hold your pipes guys Maueen needs a young man like me
zambians very peaseful pipo in the event of our late President death may his soul rest in peace in other country i would have taken over as presiendt n Mareen eish guys look at her
How can Mrs. Mugabe mourn Levy when her husband has been responsible for the deaths of many innocent Zimbabweans? This is just PR!
I have no words
Chi Grace Mugs..she mugs mugabe day and night
What Mrs Mugabe has done is human. We may heart Mugabe but when it comes to funeral issues let us be human. She has done what some of the people in Zambia have not done. This is not in support of Mugabe but she has done us a great and proud.
Zambians keep your humour and stick to ‘nice’ jokes lik insala pa zambia.
True zambians don’t swear lekeni insele!
Guys bushe Molini balimupyanika kale? Awe amoneka gudu mwe! Kuti wamona umocabela. You never know do you?
WHEN IS AUNTY “MOR” LEAVING PLOT 1. RB WANTS TO START SLAUGHTERING SWEET 16 IN THAT MANSION AS SOON AS ELECTION RESULTS ARE ANNOUNCED
Iwe Chi #92 echomufwila. Molini needs to get back in black outfits. Apapene alifula bumukamfwilwa.
Why are they meeting at State House? Grace should have gone to Maureen’s house. Styopet
WHAT HAPPENED TO WEARING BLACK DURING MOURING
Mukamfwilwa bwelela ukepaisha abingi!!!!!!!
Muli fipuba kwena, what wrong has Mrs Mugabe done in visiting Maureen? Mwendoshi mwe bakabwa !!!!!!!!!!!!!! Mwanya naimwe mukafwilwa ba shetani !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Ba molini should be dressed by chiluba’s designer, thats the only way to explain the lack of character in her dress. well done Gile she will come to yours too real soon!
You are looking real good maureen..Mwati nikaandiwe she is miles and miles far from your looks..
Keep it up maureen,akusambisha..
#91. insala pa Zed, ninkupapa! not all households bali nensela, you must come from a poverty striken family and that has given you a bad experience. Zambia is your home and is like any other african country and even some overseas. lyashi lyaku sambilila and you are out of poverty. ine palwandi i dress smart, have my own home, a car and children go to private schools and we are comfortable. we eat fresh vegies – chibwabwa, lumanda, kalembula, fresh beef, chicken, ifyumbu fyakusashila and all goes down.
mwaikalilafye ukulanda pali Zambia – Zambia chalo chenu. whats you with you people. mwili tumpa sana! if Zambia stinks why cant you just forget about it – after all mwaliya akale. U now talk about issues that you are not even sure of, get information on the ground – though ground with you could be the ones from whom you already have bad experience from. kuno abalebomba, nabekala bwino. you are the same guys who cant help your relations to improve. mukesa! chikabipa sana!
#101 Ka Kumbwiko uli kapuba sana. Is all the rubbish you have written necessary? I bet you are one of those abacita struggle.
Ka motoka, kandolo, busefwe, tente wa namayampanga iye shaa!! Abana ku private school? Go away! Fyabwaice ifyo. Chances re these are your dreams. Who wants to read all this nonsense you “tool”?
Keep on dreaming you girl pants!
“birds of the the same feathers flock together”
Please tell me- Is it raining in zambia ? those two ladies are under umbrellas or are they being shielded from the sun to protect their Bleached skins?- especially Maureens’ skin
# 105, It was raining heavily on friday 11th october..thats why the two ladies are shielded under umbrella.
N way. Life and living. LPM rest in peace!!
Yaba…. no comments????????? .. disgracing comments……
If i ever had a wish to have a ‘3-Sum’ with older women, these two will be in the top 5!
Molini keeping up appearing despite that you have long left plot1!! Too bad you will now wear those designer dresses at the Teka farm with nobody to admire u.
grace mugabe what a faker what help would she give after all her people are dying of hunger..
donont tolk about moreen leave her alone
R B BEYOND 08
I agree with number 84. (Chibe Chibe). Grace did a noble thing by coming all the way to console Maureen (former first lady). She humbled herself – it is a sign of maturity – all things considered. That is a good deed to emulate, isn’t it! The bad qualities if any – well, none of us are perfect either, besides it is not for us to judge anyway!
Where was she abroad during the funeral? Again at Singapore Airport with 16 trolleys full of shopping items like before?
I believe that Zambians are respectful people and as such even the comments we make should reflect that. Let’s debate the real issues guys and not be judgemental…where is the respect that we showed when our late president passed on? The man must be turning in his grave.
atah kanah mugabe kama gutts ayabi..baipaya batata nakalume,baisa namukulosha…were the heck was d fashion police..i hate kana mugabes suit..atah