Honouring Zimbabwe’s Fallen Heroes
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Walking for Freedom:
Honouring Zimbabwe’s Fallen Heroes Through Action, Not Empty Ceremonies:
Tears once fell like rivers during Zimbabwe’s liberation struggle — rivers so vast they seemed to flood the land. In those days, Matapi Flats were built to house workers powering a growing economy. Men and women walked miles to cross into Mozambique, Zambia, and Tanzania for military training. Those who stayed behind risked everything to act as collaborators. Blood was shed, lives lost, and hopes pinned on a dream of an independent nation.
Yet, decades later, the country’s heroes might scarcely recognise the land they fought for. Today, Zimbabwe boasts a well-decorated National Heroes Acre, but the spirits of the fallen could be imagined roaming the streets in silent fury. From afar, they might see the unthinkable:
those who never stepped onto the battlefield now feasting from gold and silver plates, while the ordinary citizens they once fought to liberate die in collapsing hospitals, sell wares on the streets despite university degrees, and watch their ancestral land handed to foreign investors with government blessing.
Clean water is scarce, medication elusive unless one is connected to the powerful. Women are reduced to following the presidential entourage from rally to rally, dancing for a few dollars to feed their families. Elderly women practice suggestive dances — not for joy, but in the desperate hope of earning a $20 or $50 handout.
Drone Video
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Click this image to view the Drone Video taken on the first ZHRO Walk in 2017
Now we are preparing for the 2023 Walk
Media Connections
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ZHRO has a wide variety of media platforms which are actively maintained.
Please see the links below. Some can be accessed via the sub-menus on the "Media" menu item
Facebook Friends of ZHRO GROUP
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ERC Africa CAB3 Observer Report
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ZHRO — ZIMBABWE HUMAN RIGHTS ORGANISATION —CAB3 ANALYSIS SERIES — PART 3 of 3
What They Said vs. What They Meant: Decoding the ERC Africa CAB3 Observer Report
The Election Resource Centre deployed credentialled observers to all 65 public hearing venues. Their statement is careful, measured and diplomatically worded — because it has to be. They operate inside Zimbabwe, under laws designed to silence them. ZHRO, operating from the UK beyond Mangwana's legal reach, translates their findings into plain English. The picture that emerges is damning.
Zimbabwe Human Rights Organisation (ZHRO) · https://zhro.org.uk/democracy/45 · 3 April 2026 · Freely reproducible with attribution DOWNLOAD THE PDF OF THIS ARTICLE - CLICK HERE
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