President relives his day of freedom
Herald Reporter
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa yesterday visited the border zone on the Victoria Falls Bridge where he relived memories of the day he was set free from prison by the Rhodesian authorities and deported through Victoria Falls to Zambia in 1972.
Renowned for its majestic falls, the new city holds a special place for President Mnangagwa who was condemned to death after bombing a locomotive at Fort Victoria town railway station, now Masvingo.
Without giving the exact date, the President said he vividly remembers how as a young 30-year-old man, the Rhodesian police dragged him to the bridge while he was in leg irons and handcuffs and stopped at the no man’s land where they uncuffed him and deported him to Zambia.