War vets fume over delayed compensation

VETERANS of the 1970s liberation struggle who were successfully vetted in a recent exercise are bitter over government delays in compensating them for their role during the war.

A war veteran who was part of the exercise who declined to be named told NewsDay that government should have started paying compensation to successfully vetted former combatants if it was serious about the issue.

This comes after Veterans of the Liberation Struggle deputy minister Monica Mavhunga said the vetting process had to continue with an estimated 100 000 war collaborators and detainees left out during the last vetting exercise.

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