Mpofu’s Gukurahundi utterances torch storm

ZANU PF secretary for administration Obert Mpofu has said the Gukurahundi issue was resolved in 1987 with the signing of the Unity Accord and apologising for the mass killings will needlessly open old wounds
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Mpofu argued that forcing government to apologise would be catastrophic for the regime and Zanu PF, adding if ever there was need for any discussion on the emotive issue, the ruling party should set the agenda and dictate the process.

President Emmerson Mnangagwa, who has been cited as one of the architects of Gukurahundi as State Security minister at the time, has refused to be drawn into
apologising for the massacres after shifting blame on his predecessor, Robert Mugabe.

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