Rutenga Growth Point approved as 2027 Independence Day celebrations venue

CABINET has approved Rutenga Growth Point as the hosting venue for the 2027 Independence Day commemorations. Located in Masvingo Province, Rutenga was approved on Tuesday as the proposed venue for the 47th Independence Anniversary Celebrations and 2027 Children’s Party as presented by Vice President Kembo Mohadi. “Masvingo Province will host the 47th Independence Anniversary Celebrations and the 2027 Children’s Party in line with the Cabinet directive at its Meeting of 20th May, 2025 on the Independence Celebrations rotational hosting sequence. “It should be recalled that in one of his earlier interventions, His Excellency the President stressed that remoteness and underdevelopment should be accorded importance in the selection of a hosting district. In that regard, Rutenga Growth Point in Mwenezi District has been approved as the venue for the 47th Independence Celebrations and the 2027 Children’s Party,” he said. Gonakudzingwa, a former detention camp in Chiredzi District, and Jenya, a Liberation War memorial site in Chivi District, were considered as the Places of Significance where the Independence Flame will be lit. The Ministry of Home Affairs and Cultural Heritage has been tasked with identifying other areas of historical interest in the province and undertaking the appropriate memorialisation programs. In recent years, Zimbabwe has hosted rotational Independence Day celebrations, moving the main national commemorations from Harare to different provinces across the country. The post Rutenga Growth Point approved as 2027 Independence Day celebrations venue appeared first on NewZimbabwe.com .