'Virtuous' Masire was a 'dear cde, dear brother, dear friend', says Mugabe
29 June 2017
Gaborone – Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe has described the late Botswana leader Sir Ketumile Masire as a "virtuous and humble" man, who "opened his life to us with a generosity of spirit that was so much a part of his character".
Mugabe said this while paying tribute to Masire, who died in hospital last week at the age of 91.
The late head of state was buried on Thursday in his home village, Kanye, next to his late wife.
"We come here in tears because the man we are here to bid farewell is a man who often rolled out the welcome mat to us regardless of the matter at hand.