Nov 27, 2017
Zimbabwe officially declares Mugabe national holiday
Zimbabwe has officially declared 21 February to be Robert Gabriel Mugabe National Youth Day, thereby making the former president's birthday a public holiday, the Herald newspaper reports. There is speculation as to whether he will break from the past and select a broad-based government or keep figures from the Mugabe era. Mr Mugabe quit last week after military intervention and mass protests. Calls for the former president's birthday to be made a national holiday were adopted by the government in August, following intense lobbying by the Zanu-PF Youth League, the Herald reports. Last week, President Mnangagwa said the former president needed to be given the respect and recognition he deserved as one of the founders and leaders of Zimbabwe.
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