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25 Harare Poly students to tour Chimoio shrine
25 Feb 2013 at 10:36hrs | Views
A group of 56 students from Harare Polytechnic College has left for Chimoio, Mozambique, where they will see the shrines in what organisers of the trip say is an attempt to make youths appreciate the history of their country.
Speaking to the ZBC News before their departure, the college's acting Principal, Engineer Tafadzwa Mudondo said they arranged the trip to enable the students to acquaint themselves with the history of the liberation struggle.
"Our students are doing National Strategic Studies, in which they are taught about the history of the country," he said.
Zanu PF Chief Executive Officer for Gender and Culture, Gumisiro Dhliwayo said youths are the backbone of the country and should understand how their independence came about.
He said, "We are happy the youths expressed interest in visiting Chimoio. Our country is under threat from sectors which are fighting hard to undermine the political history."
The students said the visit would give them a chance to understand the contribution and sacrifices made by those who fought for the country's liberation.
"We have heard and read about the shrines, what is left is for us to see and come back to tell others."
Thousands of young Zimbabweans, most of them unarmed, were brutally massacred by the Rhodesian forces on the 23rd of November 1977.
Their remains were buried in mass graves that have been transformed into a shrine.
Speaking to the ZBC News before their departure, the college's acting Principal, Engineer Tafadzwa Mudondo said they arranged the trip to enable the students to acquaint themselves with the history of the liberation struggle.
"Our students are doing National Strategic Studies, in which they are taught about the history of the country," he said.
Zanu PF Chief Executive Officer for Gender and Culture, Gumisiro Dhliwayo said youths are the backbone of the country and should understand how their independence came about.
He said, "We are happy the youths expressed interest in visiting Chimoio. Our country is under threat from sectors which are fighting hard to undermine the political history."
The students said the visit would give them a chance to understand the contribution and sacrifices made by those who fought for the country's liberation.
"We have heard and read about the shrines, what is left is for us to see and come back to tell others."
Thousands of young Zimbabweans, most of them unarmed, were brutally massacred by the Rhodesian forces on the 23rd of November 1977.
Their remains were buried in mass graves that have been transformed into a shrine.
Source - zbc
