{"id":107127,"date":"2025-04-16T12:39:47","date_gmt":"2025-04-16T10:39:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/govt-spruces-up-graves-ahead-of-uhuru-celebrations"},"modified":"2025-04-16T21:18:01","modified_gmt":"2025-04-16T19:18:01","slug":"govt-spruces-up-graves-ahead-of-uhuru-celebrations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/govt-spruces-up-graves-ahead-of-uhuru-celebrations","title":{"rendered":"Govt spruces up graves ahead of Uhuru celebrations"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Zimbabwe. <\/strong><\/span>GOVERNMENT is sprucing up at least 130 graves at heroes\u2019 burial shrines across the Midlands province ahead of the independence celebrations set for Gokwe this Friday.<\/p>\n<p>Addressing a post-Cabinet meeting in Harare yesterday, Information, Publicity and Broadcasting Services minister Jenfan Muswere said preparatory work for the 45th Independence Day anniversary and the 2025 Children\u2019s Party, running under the theme, \u201cZim@45: Devolve and Develop Together Towards Vision 2030\u201d, were almost complete.<\/p>\n<p>He said significant infrastructural development transforming the outlook of the district had been achieved.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cA total of one hundred and thirty-two (132) graves across heroes\u2019 shrines in the Midlands province are being adorned with concrete slabs, while the construction of a field museum and a memorial plinth at the former Sikombela Restriction Camp has been completed.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOther places of significance to the country\u2019s liberation struggle, such as Connemara Prison and Mutapa Hall, have already been face-lifted.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMeanwhile, all the necessary logistical arrangements, sporting and cultural performances are on course for resounding 45th Independence Day anniversary celebrations and the 2025 Children\u2019s Party,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Muswere said construction of a football stadium, changing rooms and terraces, installation of floodlights and drilling of solarised boreholes had been completed.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOther key milestones include the completion of educational legacy projects at Nembudziya Government High School, Nyamuroro High School, Nyamuroro Primary School and Nyamuroro Vocational Training Centre,<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe completed projects include classroom blocks, ablution blocks, teachers\u2019 houses, science laboratories, boreholes and facilities for school business units.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe external ambience of the schools has been vastly transformed through repainted walls, renovated buildings and improved water and sanitation facilities. Roads in Gokwe North and South districts, as well as the surrounding provinces, have been rehabilitated.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He said the work included the surfacing of Nembudziya growth point; the re-gravelling and surfacing of portions of the Kadoma-Sanyati-Nembudziya Road; the re-gravelling of the Gokwe-Jahana Road and others such as the Chakari, Hovani, Copper Queen and Jakani roads.<\/p>\n<p>Muswere also added that the accessibility of the venue from all major centres such as Gokwe Town, Chinhoyi, Binga and Kadoma had been enhanced.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Zimbabwe<\/span> Follow <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Africa-Press<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Zimbabwe. GOVERNMENT is sprucing up at least 130 graves at heroes\u2019 burial shrines across the Midlands province ahead of the independence celebrations set for Gokwe this Friday. 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