Reverend Ndabaningi Sithole, the first president of ZANU, Joshua Nkomo president of ZAPU, George Nyandoro, Enock Dumbunjena, Herbert Chitepo, Zimbabwean president Robert Mugabe, Maurice Nyagumbo, Leopold Takawira, Emmerson Dambudzo Mnangagwa, Michael Mawema, and others. Takawira, the first vice-president of ZANU, was formerly the headmaster of Chipembere Primary School in Highfield. Robert Mugabe's house can still be seen in Old Highfield, where it stands, riddled with bullet holes from an incident during the Rhodesian Bush War. Mugabe remained a constituent member of Old Highfield and always cast his vote at Mhofu Primary School, a walking distance from his previous residence. Highfield suburb was considered an exceptional subversion risk by the Rhodesian authorities and surrounded by a security fence.Residents were compelled to carry registration papers or face detention. The raid on the fuel storage tanks in Workington by guerrillas in 1979 was orchestrated in, and launched from Highfield. Robert Mugabe and his ZANU party held his 'star rally' campaign during Rhodesia's 1980 elections at the Zimbabwe Grounds in Highfield. This is where he made his famous speech of how ZANU was organised into districts and cells, and that it was inevitable that he would win by a significant majority in the impending elections. The Zimbabwe Grounds comprise 5 football pitches, a cricket ground, tennis and basketball courts. The grounds are surrounded by Old Highfield section on the greater part and share borders with Takashinga cricket ground (home ground to Andy Flower and Tatenda Taibu), Zimbabwe Hall, Highfield Library, a Nursery School, Anglican Church and Chipembere Primary School Annexe. The grounds are within a stone's throw from Gwanzura football stadium. Zimbabwean security forces later clashed with opposition party members and church members at the Zimbabwe Grounds during a "peaceful meeting" on 11 March 2007 to "bring back democracy to Zimbabwe". Highfield and the Zimbabwe Grounds seem to continue to be launchpads for political change in Zimbabwe. These disturbances resulted in the fatal shooting of Gift Tandare, a member of the Movement for Democratic Change. The family were apparently denied permission to bury him in Harare because the government feared reprisals from the MDC supporters. Gift Tandare was buried in his rural home. Again in November 2007 Mugabe held a rally at the Zimbabwe Grounds which he termed the "Million Man March". Highfield boasts some of the best social amenities in country with 11 government-owned primary schools and 6 High schools. It has other