"Since Cde Mugabe is our first president, the holiday can be initially named after him and celebrated on his birthday on 21 February. The holiday can later be transformed into a President's Day in the post Mugabe era, to honour the birthdays of all the presidents."
ON the occasion of the recent 29th edition of the 21st February Movement celebrations in the resort town of Victoria Falls, the youths floated a proposal to declare President Robert Mugabe's birthday a national holiday.
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