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Bulawayo, My Home

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Apparently, Dr Nkomo’s statue is the only one in Zimbabwe that has been erected to date in honour of a political icon. - Phathisa Nyathi on The Chronicle , 2020 July 1 There's no place like home. This timeless expression applies in our case more than it normally does to an average person. Bulawayo is and means much more. We've sort of espoused that mantra of saying the best country in Zimbabwe is Bulawayo. I mean, we've once been considered the cleanest city in Southern Africa. Now, that's not our main cause of our Bulawayo pride. Our love and pride in the city of kings and queens, is much more rooted in the various meaningful things that define this southern city that's a home to more than 650000 people. It dates back to before colonisation.  It was back in the 1890s that we saw the roots of something worthy of note. The BSAC is widely known and understood to have itched to start their developments and settlements in this beautiful city. But the nature and prowess ...