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(NEWZIMBABWE) Mugabe: Zim a 'flying nation'

Mugabe: Zim a 'flying nation'
by Lebo Nkatazo
23/02/2010 00:00:00

PRESIDENT Robert Mugabe said Zimbabwe should be a “flying nation” after his staff presented him a sculpture of an eagle to mark his 86th birthday on Monday. The sculpture shows an eagle clutching a fish with its claws. The sculpture has the words “Symbol of strength, courage and power” engraved on its base.

Mugabe said: “It has been a gift in style full of motion, one that is not static, it is a flying bird. We should be a flying nation, flying people with aspirations to fly higher.”

Mugabe said the unity shown by his staff over the years “should permeate all sections of society” to spur social and economic development, the state news agency New Ziana quoted him as saying.

He added: “As I have been moving from one year to another, what has impressed me is the unity and love that has characterised my relations with all those I have had the opportunity to work with.

“The cordial relations and unity evident in his office should cascade to all sectors. This achievement should become a tradition not just in our office but in all other offices, in the party (Zanu PF) and the government.

“We are united in purpose and united in action.”

Mugabe marked his 86th birthday on February 21 by attending a bash organised in his honour at the Chinese embassy.

The President’s supporters are organising a party to celebrate his birthday in Bulawayo for Saturday.

Labels: BIRTHDAYS, MUGABE

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