Witton Park - Blackburn

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Written by: Josephine Jenje-Mudimbu, Melody Magejo and Dickson Chikwizo

Published: 05 March 2026

Last Updated: 25 March 2026

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Plans are underway for the 1st 2026 Walk 4 Freedom

ZHRO Walking for Freedom starting in Blackburn, at Witton Park, where we had a glorious time last year on the 5th April 2025 (SEE FLICKR Album HERE) 

The walk is scheduled for 28 March at 9:30 am assembly time and 10:00 am starting time.

The finishing time will be announced in due course after consultation and agreement to the total number of hours for the walk. The MAP Route LINK is HERE based on Last Year's Experience! Please CLICK on the MAP IMAGE to enlarge

Please note that the walk is self-sponsored. Melody Phyllis Magejo will redesign & print the flyer for publicity. Let's all work in unison inviting others for the good cause to Free ourselves for a better Zimbabwe. 

John Burke and The Organizing Team: Phylis Melody Magejo, Dickson Chikwizo and Josephine Sipiwe Jenje-Mudimbu can be contacted for further details. We will continue with further updates. Stay blessed.

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Walk for Freedom 2025 Event Report

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Written by: John Burke and a host of supporters

Published: 12 August 2025

Last Updated: 21 August 2025

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ZHRO Walk for Freedom 2025 - Event Report

105km Journey from Brighton Pier to Hampton Court Railway Station

Executive Summary

The Zimbabwe Human Rights Organisation (ZHRO) successfully completed its 2025 Walk for Freedom on 10th August 2025, covering 105 kilometres from Brighton Pier to Hampton Court Railway Station. Despite challenging terrain and forecasted hot weather conditions, a dedicated group of participants demonstrated remarkable determination and solidarity in walking for Zimbabwe's freedom, completing the arduous two-day journey that included an overnight section.

It was not just those that attended the physical event either, so many had offered their support for this 2025 'Walk for Freedom' in the preceeding weeks and months by statements, ideas, testimony and the recognition of the purpose of this event - which started as an idea in 2016.

The 105km journey as described below, really comes across as much more than just a physical challenge - it's a powerful statement of resolve from the Zimbabwean diaspora community.

Event Overview

• Preparations: A big 'thank-you' has to be made to Melody and Josephine who initiated a training programme of local walk events (see previous articles)
• Start: Brighton Pier, 6:00 AM Saturday 9th August 2025 Finish: Hampton Court Railway Station, 4:00 PM Sunday 10th August 2025 
• Distance: 105 kilometres
• Duration: 34 hours (Walk continued by overnight walking)
• Participants:  - first names at various stages - and recorded in the ZHRO register in full, plus mobile, e-mail and their residential locations in the UK
• Navigation Aids: OS Online - with route planned & recorded by John in addition, on the walk assisted by Moses, Henry and most effectively, Kelvin Mhlanga

Pre-Dawn Preparations

The commitment of our participants was evident from the earliest hours. While the official start time was set for 6:00 AM at Brighton Pier, Shamiso demonstrated extraordinary dedication by arriving at 5:10 AM to prepare. Even more remarkable was Ettar's journey - having taken a night bus and arriving at Brighton Bus Station by 2:20 AM, showing the lengths to which our community will go to stand for Zimbabwe's freedom. A few others had organised stay overs with friends. But most extraordinary were Moses, Daisy and Alwyn - who had made plans but were ruined by a flight cancellation - meaning an arrival into the UK on Friday in the early hours! Plus a run from Manchester Airport to Brighton!

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Zimbabwe Crisis

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Written by: Chief Nhlanhlayamngwe Ndiweni

Published: 07 August 2025

Last Updated: 07 August 2025

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ZIMBABWE CRISIS

WALK FOR FREEDOM 9-10 AUGUST 2025 IN THE UNITED KINGDOM

 

We lift up our eyes and look into the distance, Latitude 17.9316 and longitude 25.8302. The Lozi Nation calls it Mosi-oa-Tunga (Thundering Smoke/Smoke that Rises/ Smoke that Thunders). The Tonga Nation calls it Shungu Namutitima (Boiling Water). The rest of the world knows this place as The Mighty Victoria Falls.

This is UNESCO’s One of the Seven Wonders of Nature. Lifted up so the whole world may take note of it.

It is the World’s largest falls with a width of 1,708 meters and a height of 108 meters. It has the World's largest sheet of falling water. The spray of the water rises up 400 meters and is visible from 50 km. Daily it has many rainbows and at night during a full moon it has a “Moonbow“ which is a rainbow at night, a “Luner Rainbow“.

This place is stranger than fiction, for those that levitate into the dark arts state that the waters that have not yet flown over the falls have a different spiritual quality than the waters that are now flowing over the falls. In this regard these waters are used for different purposes in their dark art.

Our gaze shifts to a silhouetted lone dancer next to a huge upside-down tree, the Baoba. This tree looks as if it has been uprooted and turned upside down with its roots in the air. It is a tree that can live for over three thousand years. Yes three thousand years! This place is cloaked in mystery, contradictions and unquantifiable forces.

The silhouetted dancer dances on his own to a single drum beat. The drum beat rhythm and tone immediately pulls at one’s heart to take note and to pay attention. The dance is a knee and feet dance with the upper body remaining ridged, like the Irish Traditional Dance. Every time the dances feet pound the ground, dust rises into the air. Today the dancer has been dancing for two hours non-stop. He is 86 years of age…..!!

The dancer dances and the drummer pounds the drum because they wish to take their spirits into the air, to levitate. They seek answers. They seek answers. They seek answers.

The question being asked is “How can it be that a place like this, a gift from The Almighty himself has failed to impact the world because of what the current Administration in Zimbabwe has done and continues to do!“

The people of this place and country are closely in touch with their inner self. They instinctively know that we do not just exist on this plane and in this realm only.

And so over 6,000 miles due north and a little west we arrived at the green and pleasant fields of the United Kingdom. The Royal House of Windsor has a new monarch, HRM Charles III. A biblical exodus of people from Zimbabwe to the United Kingdom occurred and continues to happen. As they leave the entity that is not in tune with their spirits behind. Hundreds of thousands have arrived seeking refuge and sanctuary. Whilst many were brought in by The UK government to work in its Primary Health Care in the NHS.

These people are the people of the open areas, peoples of the plains, like many First Nation people are. In this regard in 2016 a small group got together and set themselves a challenge. That is, to walk 100 kilometres from Brighton to London, through the English countryside. This is not just a walk but rather it is a cathartic experience to assist these ancient people, to also spiritually levitate and seek out the same answers, being sought by the 86 year old silhouetted dancer at Mosi-oa-Tunga. Each step they take on this 100 Kilometer walk assists this process. We are now in 2025 and the 100 Kilometer walk is growing in participants.

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