Head of State and Government, President Robert Mugabe is in Blantyre, Malawi, at the invitation of the Malawian government.
President Mugabe joins other invited leaders and guests for the celebrations to mark Malawi’s 45th independence anniversary.
Cde Mugabe was seen off at the Harare International Airport by Vice President Joice Mujuru, several government officials and service chiefs.
Malawi attained its independence from Britain on the 6th of July 1964, under the leadership of Dr Hastings Kamuzu Banda.
In 1994 Malawi held its first multi party elections which saw Bakili Muluzi assuming power from Dr Banda.
Bingu wa Mutharika is Malawi’s 3rd president and was recently re-elected to serve a second term.
Zimbabawe and Malawi share close and brotherly ties.
One of the roads in Malawi has been named after President Mugabe as a symbol of the respect that the people of that country attach to the Zimbabwean leader, who is one of Africa’s greatest pan-Africanists.
Monday 6 July 2009
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