By Own Correspondent- Following the devastating impact of Tropical Cyclone Idai in Manicaland last week, President Emmerson Mnangagwa declared Saturday and Sunday official days of mourning for the nation.

Ironically, the country’s first citizen left Harare to attend the inaugural commemoration of the Southern African Liberation Day.

The day was declared at the Windhoek Southern African Development Community (SADC) Summit in August 2018.

On the March 23, 1988, the South African Defence Forces launched its last offensive against the Angolan Forces and the Cubans a battle known as Cuito Cuanavale.