Harare - Thousands of Zimbabweans packed a stadium on Tuesday for an emotional farewell to Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai's wife, Susan, whose death in a car crash continues to be dogged by suspicion despite President Robert Mugabe calling it "the hand of God."

Over 10,000 supporters of Tsvangirai's Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) turned out at Glamis Stadium, where the coffin of his wife of 31 years, who was mourned in t-shirts and placards as a "heroine," "a rock," and "a mother," was displayed before her burial Wednesday.

Harare  - Zimbabweans began making their way by foot and car Tuesday to a stadium in the capital Harare to bid farewell to Susan Tsvangirai, the popular wife of Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai who was killed in a car crash at the weekend.

Scores of people had already gathered at Glamis Stadium for the noon memorial service that is expected to be thronged by supporters of Tsvangirai's Movement for Democratic Change (MDC). Some had hitched a lift from 150 kilometres away.