Headmaster, Distinguished Ministers, Distinguished Guests, Pupils, Ladies and Gentlemen.
It is a very happy day for us to come and visit you. We know how much your President, we know how much importance he gives to the kind of land settlement which you have started here and we are anxious to help him to achieve more of those sentiments [sic].
We also know how much importance he attaches to seeing that you have the right schools to come to: both primary schools and secondary schools and then universities.
So it is a very happy day when we are able to come and see for ourselves the result of what he is trying to do and the result of some of the help that we are trying to give. [end p1]
Thank you so much for the lovely welcome, to the many children who lined the roadway as we came up, for the lovely song you were singing as we arrived, for the … song that the secondary school sung, for this immediate song by the choir which they have just sung.
Headmaster, your speech was wonderful. It is not only a day to remember for you, it is a day to remember for Denis Thatchermy husband and me and those who are with us. We shall always remember it.
We would like to give you something which would help you to remember it as well. We understand that this school needs a new classroom and so the people of my country can mark this occasion are going to provide one new classroom for you.
On a very practical scale we have also brought quite a lot of football equipment and just especially also for some of the older children some special … . of … . Encyclopedia which really do contain a wealth of knowledge for your library.
We are very impressed with the lovely music. I know you are musical people and wherever we go we see marvellous dancing and hear lovely tunes and lovely singing. Thank you very much. We wish you well in everything you do. We wish your country great success and are quite certain that you will contribute to that success in the years to come and I hope one day to return to Zimbabwe and see enormous further progress you have made. [end p2]
And may, as well as congratulating the pupils, may we also congratulate their teachers for the wonderful task of education that they are doing. Happy days to all of you.