‘Nothing to celebrate on Independence Day’

OPPOSITION parties yesterday said they were celebrating Zimbabwe’s 36th Independence anniversary today with a heavy heart due to the economic meltdown, escalating human rights abuses and high levels of political intolerance by the ruling Zanu PF.

This comes amid reports by human rights watchdog, ZimRights, that several people in most parts of the country had been coerced by Zanu PF supporters to make cash contributions towards this year’s Independence celebrations.

Former Vice-President Joice Mujuru and Zimbabwe People First leader said: “Thirty-six years after independence, we celebrate a revolution that has lost its glow and direction.

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