adminRay Bande Senior Sports Reporter
THE surrounding community at Bonda in conjunction with the Herbert Chitepo Trust have begun preparations for this year’s Herbert Chitepo Memorial Gala in earnest, amid expectations of an exciting third edition of the annual sport and cultural arts fiesta on December 19 and 20. Thoko Chitepo, the Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Sport and Recreation as well as a trustee of the Herbert Chitepo Trust confirmed that preparations for the third edition were at an advanced stage.
“The event is on December 19 and 20 at Bonda Mission. It is normally meant to coincide with the Unity Day celebrations. It is so much of a community driven event whereby locals are heavily involved in the preparations as well as the event itself.
“As the Herbert Chitepo Trust we are also involved, but it is the community that we want to put at the forefront because we are remembering their departed revered son,” said Chitepo in a telephone interview from Harare.
The national liberation war hero attained primary education at Bonda Mission before he enrolled at St Augustine’s Mission for his secondary education. He later went to Adams College in South Africa before joining Fort Heir University.
Last year, Bonda Mission 10 soccer teams, 10 netball teams and four traditional dance clubs battled for supremacy in the second edition of the event.
The second edition of the enthralling gala lived up to its high billing as hundreds of people converged at Bonda Mission School for the sport and cultural event celebrating the life of the late Chimurenga chairman and the country’s first black advocate, Hebert Chitepo.
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