ZIMBABWE MILITARY ACADEMY GRADUATION. . . pride, patriotism and national duty

Patrick Chitumba, Midlands Bureau Chief

ON a crisp, sunlit morning yesterday in Gweru, President Mnangagwa presided over the Zimbabwe Military Academy’s (ZMA) Regular Officer Cadet Course 3/40/23 pass out parade. A proud sense of national identity filled the air as the military band played and boots stamped.

Just a week after commemorating the 80th anniversary of the Second World War’s end in Russia, honouring those lost in the Great Patriotic War (1941–1945), the President reflected on history...