Zimbabwe Grounds

Last updated March 01, 2019

Coordinates: 17°53′18.8″S30°59′31.4″E / 17.888556°S 30.992056°E / -17.888556; 30.992056

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The Zimbabwe grounds are an area within Highfield Suburb on the south of Zimbabwe's Capital, Harare. It is surrounded by Old Highfield section on the greater part and share borders with Takashinga cricket ground (home ground of Andy Flower and Tatenda Taibu), Zimbabwe Hall, Highfield Library, a Nursery School, Anglican Church and Chipembere Primary School annexe. The grounds are within a stone's throw of Gwanzura football stadium.

Highfield is the second oldest high-density suburb or township in Harare, Zimbabwe built to house Rhodesians of African origin, the first being Mbare. Highfield was founded on what used to be Highfields Farm. It is of historical, cultural and political significance to Zimbabwe and is known as Fiyo in local slang. It is one of the birthplaces of the Zimbabwe African National Union and is home to several prominent people in the country.

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These grounds normally stage the Makomva League social soccer games on Saturdays, Sundays and Public holidays. The tennis and basketball are open to the public and admission is free for every event.

The Zimbabwe Grounds are famous for having hosted Robert Mugabe's ZANU party's "Star Rally" in 1980. It is at this meeting that he made his famous prediction for a landslide victory at the impending Commonwealth-supervised elections, the first in which ZANU would be participating. As Mugabe had predicted, ZANU won; he has been at the helm of the Zimbabwean government ever since.^[1]

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References

↑ "Zimbabwe: Today in History, 41 Years On". The Herald. All Africa. 4 April 2016.

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[1] "Zimbabwe: Today in History, 41 Years On". The Herald. All Africa. 4 April 2016.