Zimbabwe 39 years on

ZIMBABWE’S LIBERATION WAR ENDED 39 YEARS AGO. TO THE YOUNGER GENERATION THIS MIGHT JUST BE AN EVENT WHICH THEY MIGHT BE TEMPTED TO RELEGATE TO A NON EVENT, BUT THOSE WHO PARTICIPATED IN THE WAR STILL BEARS ITS SCARS. THE CRUEL EVENTS OF THE STRUGGLE ARE STILL FRESH IN THEIR MINDS.

THEY HAD A DESIRE AND YEARNED TO LIBERATE THE COUNTRY FROM COLONIAL BONDAGE. THEY WERE BEATEN UP, SOME WERE ABUSED , OTHERS WERE DETAINED AND UP TO THIS DAY THE SCARS ON THEIR BODIES BEAR TESTIMONY OF THE BRUTALITY OF THE COLONIAL REGIME
AS ZIMBABWE COMMEMORATES HEROES DAY THIS MONDAY THE 12TH OF AUGUST IT BECOMES A MOMENT OF DEEP INTROSPECTION. TO THOSE WHO APPRECIATE THE ROLE PLAYED BY THE FALLEN AND LIVING HEROES, CONVERGING AT THE NATIONAL HEROES ACRE AND PAYING HOMAGE TO THE DEPARTED GALLANT SONS AND DAUGHTERS WHO FOUGHT HARD FOR THE FREEDOM ENJOYED TODAY IS RELISHED AS A SPECIAL MOMENT.