I am honoured to join the nation as we commemorate Heroes day and pay tribute to our illustrious gallant sons and daughters of the soil.

Let us honour their sacrifices and rich heritage by pledging to put our nation first.

Wherever we are, lets build on this great heritage.
We remember them individually and collectively for fighting bravely.

We also recognise the ordinary villagers, boys anf girls who contributed to the liberation struggle

The President gives salutation and recognises all present local and foreign dignitaries including leaders of the local opposition parties.

These heroes here and others at marked and unmarked graves gave their lives for this freedom and peace.

Let us honour them by observing peace and unity.

Let us shun, violence, tribalism, regionalism and all other ills.

Violence must be shunned while we promote dialogue.
I would like to assure you that no one will go hungry

I would like to commend Zimbabweans for your resilience during this period of austerity. These economic reforms are necessary to right our economy.

Govt has now moved to enhancing production. Supply of electricity will be improving to support agriculture, mining.
Prosperity will only be achieved through hard work. There are no short cuts.

I would like to commend the banking sector. The interbank rate is now avwraging 1: 10 to the US$

The land reform is there forever. It will never change

The tourism sector is seeing a steady growth

We have opened up the mining sector to investment

We shall continue with our robust development of infrastructure and transport sector

Quality and affordable public services are integral to our vision 2030.

Govt will be increasing training and recruitment of personnel in the health sector

Govt will continue putting social safety nets to cushion the public like the Zupco buses will continue to be rolled out for both urban and rural areas

We are one people. One Nation. This is what our heroes and heroines fought for

Let me thank our workers for their patience and understanding

The education system must speak to the needs of the people and enable us to compete globally

The war on corruption will bewaged be waged without fear or favour.

It is pleasing that the reconstitution of ZACC has brought clarity

Fellow Zimbabweans, God gave us only one Zimbabwe.

I further commend our people for their resilience. I wish to ask you to bear with us as we conclude the crucial phase of our economic reforms.

I would also like to commend all our brothers and sisters in other political parties and organisations who responded to the call for dialogue.

This morning I was phoned by the Vice President cde Chiwenga who conveyed his good wishes towards this day

God bless you all
God bless Zimbabwe

I thank you