Construct Gukurahundi monument at Bhalagwe: Zapu

ZAPU has petitioned government to erect a monument at the Bhalagwe mass graves in Matobo, Matabeleland South, as part of measures to bring closure to Gukurahundi victims.

Zapu spokesperson Iphithule Maphosa yesterday said the party had handed the four-page petition to Bulawayo Metropolitan minister Judith Ncube at her Mhlahlandlela government offices on Tuesday.

He said the petition was influenced by the Zanu PF government’s evasiveness in tackling Gukurahundi and numerous issues affecting the people of Matabeleland and the Midlands,
including its refusal to address concerns by Zipra and Zapu, among them the issue of properties confiscated soon after independence.

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