Residents react to the death of Robert Mugabe
Zimbabwe's capital Harare woke on Friday (September 6) to hear the news that Robert Mugabe has died.
He ruled Zimbabwe for close to four decades until he was overthrown by his own army.
On Harare's streets, many were saddened the former President had passed away.
Though some touched on Mugabe's controversial actions whilst in power.
(SOUNDBITE) (English) ZIMBABWEAN RESIDENT, ROSEMARY MOYO, SAYING:
"He led Zimbabwe in a right way. May his soul rest in peace. He was someone who was a man of his words, he could do the right thing. Although in some things he did the things not in a good way, like the land reform program, to me it wasn't in a good thing."
Mugabe leaves behind a divisive legacy as one of the most polarizing figures in the history of his continent.
He was a bush war guerilla leader who helped lead Zimbabwe to independence from British colonial rule in 1980.
For that, he was touted as a giant of Africa's liberation struggle against colonialism.
But he then crushed his political foes whilst President of his country - in a rule marked by poverty, hyperinflation and unrest.
Mugabe died in Singapore, aged 95.
Tributes soon began pouring in from South African and Kenyan leaders.
And Namibia's President said his life should be 'celebrated'.
Mugabe dies a man seen by some as a hero, and by others a power-obsessed autocrat.