ZIMBABWEANS have been urged to continue cherishing and safeguarding unity as they commemorate Unity Day today. Nationalist movements, Zanu and Zapu - which fought for the liberation of the country - formed a united Zanu-PF in 1987, ending disturbances in Matabeleland and parts of the Midlands.
Unity Day was borne out of a resolution by the Zanu-PF Youth League in 1996 that proposed that December 22 - the day the Unity Accord was signed by President Mugabe and the late Vice-President Dr Joshua Nkomo on behalf of all Zimbabweans - be declared a public holiday.
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