By Staff Writer 

Preparations to commemorate this year's Independence celebrations are on course.

Briefing Cabinet this week, the Vice President K.C.D Mohadi who is the Chairman of the Cabinet Committee on State Occasions and National Monuments said Manicaland Province would host the celebrations.

"The nation is informed that the 2024 Independence Anniversary and Children’s Party Celebrations will be held in Manicaland Province. The nation is further advised that Murambinda B Secondary School will host the 2024 Independence Anniversary Celebrations, Murambinda A Primary School will host the Children’s Party, while Murambinda B Primary School will host the Independence Anniversary Gala," VP Mohadi said.

"The nation is informed that the teams competing for the President’s Independence Trophy will be Highlanders and Dynamos Football Clubs, and that going forward, a team from the hosting Province should compete with a team from the previous hosting Province, with Manica Diamonds Football Club from Manicaland Province playing Simba Bhora Football Club from Mashonaland Central Province after the Children’s party."