A show of free expression

Friday, November 24, 2017

Zimbabweans residing in Francistown celebrating Mugabe's departure PIC. KEOAGILE BONANG

As hundreds of Zimbabweans living in Francistown staged a massive show singing and dancing to express their freedom at last, Mmegi Staff Writer RYDER GABATHUSE was in the midst of blacks, whites and coloureds that have spent 37 years of dictatorial rule under freedom fighter Robert Mugabe

FRANCISTOWN: Hundreds of euphoric Zimbabwe citizens living in Francistown took to the streets of the city mark their freedom over the final collapse of former president Robert Mugabe’s dictatorial rule.

This was a rare moment for the people who have witnessed the fortunes of the once mighty Zimbabwe dwindling from the breadbasket of southern Africa to a ‘charity case’ under the Mugabe regime.

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A show of free expression

As hundreds of Zimbabweans living in Francistown staged a massive show singing and dancing to express their freedom at last, Mmegi Staff Writer RYDER GABATHUSE was in the midst of blacks, whites and coloureds that have spent 37 years of dictatorial rule under freedom fighter Robert Mugabe

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