ZIMBABWE: The President of Zimbabwe, Dr. Emmerson Mnangagwa, has begun construction of the African Heritage Museum and dedicated a one-hectare site known as SADC Liberation Square to preserve the history of the liberation of the countries of Southern Africa.
President Mnangagwa handed over the centre on Monday to Tanzania’s President Samia Suluhu Hassan, who is also the chair of the SADC Organisation for Political, Defence and Security Affairs.
The Executive Secretary of SADC, Mr Elias Magosi, received the Centre on behalf of President Samia at a well-attended event in Zimbabwe.
At the handover ceremony, President Mnangagwa said that the aim of the project was to honour true activists and sons of Africa who had sacrificed themselves in the struggle for the liberation of their countries.
“This centre will contribute to the preservation of important liberation stories that are being prepared as part of the plans to build the SADC Museum in Gaborone and the African Heritage Museum in Tanzania,” he noted.
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In addition, the Zimbabwean President invited SADC member countries to contribute to the improvement of the centre by donating artworks from their country depicting the history of the liberation of the countries of Southern Africa.
The handover ceremony was attended by various heads of state and government representatives, including the President of the Republic of Angola, João Lourenço, the King of Eswatini, Mswati III, the President of the Republic of Madagascar, Andry Rajoelina, and the President of Botswana, Mokgweetsi Masisi.
Meanwhile, the Heads of State visited the Geo Pomona waste processing plant in Harare, Zimbabwe, which was formerly a landfill site and later started processing waste to generate electricity and also create jobs through its activities.
According to President Mnangagwa, the project has the capacity to collect 1,000 tonnes of solid waste and generate 16 to 22 megawatts of electricity for feeding into Zimbabwe’s national grid.
