Bulawayo will rename a significant thoroughfare after Joaquim Chissano, the former Mozambican president who led his nation from 1986 until 2005. The Bulawayo City Council is working with Zimbabwe's Ministry of Local Government and Public Works to redesignate George Avenue, which currently honors a British monarch and runs from Harare Road to Old Esigodini Road. Friends of Joshua Nkomo Trust initiated the request to recognize Chissano's decades of service to regional stability and African unity.
The renaming would mark the first time Bulawayo has honored a former African head of state with a street designation. Chissano succeeded Samora Machel following the latter's death and served prominently as foreign minister during Mozambique's independence transition. He later chaired both the Southern African Development Community and the African Union before his retirement.
The former statesman continues working as a high-level facilitator for Zimbabwe's debt resolution initiatives and received recognition at the Liberation Movements Summit in Johannesburg for his continental contributions.
The renaming would mark the first time Bulawayo has honored a former African head of state with a street designation. Chissano succeeded Samora Machel following the latter's death and served prominently as foreign minister during Mozambique's independence transition. He later chaired both the Southern African Development Community and the African Union before his retirement.
The former statesman continues working as a high-level facilitator for Zimbabwe's debt resolution initiatives and received recognition at the Liberation Movements Summit in Johannesburg for his continental contributions.
