50,000 for President’s bash

Chronicle Reporter
THE Zanu-PF Youth League says it is preparing to host up to 50,000 people at President Robert Mugabe’s 92nd birthday celebrations in Masvingo on Saturday.Zanu-PF members in the province are displaying “great cohesion” to ensure the event becomes a resounding success, Youth Affairs secretary Cde Pupurai Togarepi said yesterday.

President Mugabe turned 92 on February 21.
Cde Togarepi said the 30th edition of the 21st February Movement celebrations were being held under the theme: “Youth Celebrating An African Icon Through Enhanced Productivity”.

The event will be held at the Great Zimbabwe Monuments.
“The Masvingo leadership is very united and the cohesion is unbelievable,” Cde Togarepi said.
“Everything is in place and we are putting final touches on minor areas. You can feel the celebratory mood in Masvingo. The enthusiasm to celebrate the President’s birthday in Masvingo with him can’t be resisted.

“In terms of attendance, we’re working with a target of about 50,000 people and we’ve fundraised in cash and kind.
“By last Friday we had 53 beasts and our target is 60. We’ve had more than 300kgs of beef and hundreds of kilogrammes of game meat. Donations in kind continue coming and we have teams working on all the pledges made.”