Former President Robert Mugabe’s birthday, Feb. 21, is now a public
holiday after the Zimbabwe Government gazetted it as Robert Gabriel
Mugabe National Youth Day, the state-controlled media reported on
Monday.
The
designation of the day as a public holiday comes after the government
adopted the decision in August following intense lobbying by the ruling
ZANU-PF Youth League.
The day has been previously commemorated as
the 21st February Movement by the party in celebration of the principles
and ideals of the former president.
The party youths pushed for the birthday to be declared a holiday in recognition of Mugabe’s efforts in empowering the youths.
Mugabe resigned on Nov. 21 after military and public pressure, ending his 37 year stay in power.
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