HARARE – Zimbabwe on Wednesday buried three top officials, including two cabinet ministers, in a single ceremony at a shrine reserved almost exclusively for the ruling elite as a virulent wave of the coronavirus takes a devastating toll on the country. “COVID-19 has taught us an important lesson that we are all mortal,” said Vice President Constantino Chiwenga, presiding at what he described as a “unique triple burial” at the hilltop, picturesque shrine called National Heroes Acre. “It does not discriminate between the powerful and the weak, the privileged and the deprived, the haves and the have-nots.
It is a ruthless juggernaut that leaves a trail of despair and desperation,” he said. Pallbearers in full COVID-19 protective gear wheeled