Harare. Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe’s ruling Zanu PF party has proposed to change the name of the world famous Victoria Falls saying it does not reflect the country’s liberation heritage.
Victoria Falls is one of the Seven Wonders of the World and is along Zimbabwe’s border with Zambia, along the Zambezi River.
It was first discovered by Scottish explorer David Livingstone who named it after Queen Victoria.
Locals called it Mosi Oa Tunya, which means ‘‘the smoke that thunders.’’
According to the Zanu PF resolutions passed at the party’s annual national conference last weekend, the government would be instructed to get rid of all colonial names for towns and schools.
“Institutions bearing colonial names must be changed and be given indigenous names…school syllabuses in schools must also change,” Local Government minister Ignatious Chombo said on Wednesday.
“We should teach our children about Mbuya Nehanda, Sekuru Kaguvi, General (Josiah Magama) Tongogara and other gallant fighters of our liberation struggle.”
The move has been supported by former fighters of Zimbabwe’s liberation war who said it was overdue.
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