Unprecedented, Unparalleled Uhuru

President Mnangagwa greets former Vice President Dr Joice Mujuru, while Vice President Dr Constantino Chiwenga and First Lady Dr Auxillia Mnangagwa look on during Independence Day Celebrations in Mt Darwin yesterday. - Picture: Presidential Communications

Fungi Kwaramba in Mt DARWIN

AS thousands of people left Mt Darwin yesterday after celebrating the 43rd Independence Day, they left behind them a small rural town with newly-tarred roads, a pristine stadium, newly painted schools and even traffic lights. Thousands flocked to Mt Darwin High School grounds for the unprecedented Independence Day Celebrations that were taken to a rural setting for the first time in the history of Zimbabwe. The crowds, who came from every part of the country, craned their heads to witness a fly past that whizzed above the stadium, they witnessed the President inspect an Independence Parade, and then a march past. It was a stellar cast befitting the occasion, as the High Command from both ZIPRA and ZANLA, the military wings of ZAPU and ZANU respectively during the liberation struggle, were also in attendance, including former Vice President Joice Mujuru, a daughter of Mt Darwin. Information, Publicity and Broadcasting Services Minister, Monica Mutsvangwa, who was the Master of Ceremony, said in an interview it was a day to remember for ages to come. “This initiative by the President, Dr ED Mngangwa, it has never happened in the last 42 years. We know the last one we did was in Bulawayo, the second one is here in a small centre called Mt Darwin. That shows that everyone is important, the mantra leaving no one and no place behind is a reality. ReadMore