Former president Robert Mugabe’s birthday on 21 February has been gazetted as Robert Gabriel Mugabe National Youth Day, effectively making it a public holiday. The notice is contained in Statutory Instrument 143 published in the Government Gazette on Friday.
Calls Mugabe’s birthday to be made a national holiday were adopted by Government in August. The day coincides with the 21st February Movement celebrations meant to commemorate Mugabe’s principles and ideals. The 21st February Movement was formed in 1986, by the Zanu-PF Youth League under the leadership of then Deputy Secretary for Youth Affairs Webster Shamu.
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