Gukurahundi not mere ‘disturbances’, but genocide

It was not only shocking, but bewildering, to read — in a recent edition of a State-run newspaper — that Vice-President Phelekezela Mphoko recklessly referred to the Gukurahundi massacres of the 1980s as “disturbances”.

A quick search in my trusty dictionary revealed that a “disturbance” was defined as, “the interruption of a settled and peaceful condition”.

The first thing that came to my mind after reading this definition was a brawl at a party — when two or so people fiercely argue over something and end up in a fist fight.

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