The Harare International Airport is now officially the Robert Gabriel Mugabe International Airport after being renamed today. The change of name was announced in September after Zanu-PF youth secretary Kudzanai Chipanga threatened not to invite ministers to next year’s 21st February Movement celebrations next year if Harare International Airport is not renamed after President Robert Mugabe.
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Chipanga is quoted as saying:
<blockquote>I am repeating what I said in Plumtree some weeks ago, that senior members of the party and ministers will not be allowed to attend the 21st February Movement celebrations next year if the Harare International Airport is not going to be named after Mugabe before the celebrations. The youths demand renaming of the airport and this must be done as a matter of urgency.</blockquote>

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Robert Gabriel Mugabe International Airport Is Now Official

The Harare International Airport will be renamed to RG Mugabe International Airport with effect from 9 November 2017.
Addressing Zanu-PF members in Chinhoyi during a rally, the party’s youth secretary Kudzanai Chipanga threatened not to invite ministers to next year’s 21st February Movement celebrations next year if Harare International Airport is not renamed after President Robert Mugabe.
Said Chipanga:
<blockquote>I am repeating what I said in Plumtree some weeks ago, that senior members of the party and ministers will not be allowed to attend the 21st February Movement celebrations next year if the Harare International Airport is not going to be named after Mugabe before the celebrations. The youths demand renaming of the airport and this must be done as a matter of urgency.</blockquote>
In August this year, Mugabe’s birthday was declared a public holiday.

Harare International Airport to be renamed in honour of President Mugabe

The Harare Internaational Airpot is set to be renamed after the country’s long-standing leader.  The new name for the Airport will be Robert Gabriel Mugabe International Airport.  This was revealed at the <a href="http://www.pindula.co.zw/Zimbabwe_African_National_Union_-_Patriotic_Front" target="_blank">Zanu-PF</a> Annual Nation Conference by the Minister of Transport and Infrastructure,  <a href="http://www.pindula.co.zw/Joram_Gumbo" target="_blank">Joram Gumbo</a>.
Gumbo said:
<blockquote>Still on that, following the resolution made during the congress and the last conference, Harare International Airport, we are going to rebuild it, to make it up to date with current airport trends.
We are going to start that work, beginning of this next year. And to also change its name to Robert Gabriel Mugabe International Airport, according to last year’s resolution.</blockquote>
More: <a href="https://www.dailynews.co.zw/articles/2016/12/19/harare-airport-to-be-named-after-mugabe" target="_blank">Daily News</a>

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