Zimbabwe turns 42: Opposition calls for 'legitimate democracy' - News24

On Zimbabwe's inaugural Independence Day in 1980, Tanzanian president Julius "Mwalimu" Nyerere, in front of a packed Rufaro stadium in Harare, told the late President of Zimbabwe Robert Mugabe that he had inherited the "Jewel of Africa".

• Main opposition leaders attended Independence Day celebrations.
• Nelson Chamisa called for free and fair elections and an end to political violence.
• A blundering economy contin… [+2988 chars]
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