By Nyashadzashe Ndoro | Nehanda Politics |
War veterans who feel betrayed by the current government have for the first time admitted to being paid by Zanu PF in the past to terrorise perceived opposition voters during elections.
Addressing journalists in Harare on Monday, Liberation Veterans Pressure Group (LVPG) chairman Amos Sigauke said some of their colleagues have always been heightening fears that the ruling Zanu PF would unleash state violence to coerce the electorate to ensure Zanu PF wins elections.
The LVPG is a pressure group of war veterans who are disgruntled by government failure to support them.
“Lastly but certainly not the least allow us to apologise on behalf of the generality of war veterans for the trauma inflicted on the people during pastimes of elections in our name.
“The truth of the matter is that a few elements within us were paid and used to terrify people in our name. We are above partisan politics as we fought to liberate every citizen regardless of their political inclination,” he said.
Shaking his head in disbelief, Sigauke said President Emmerson Mnangagwa was ignoring their grievances but kept on wanting to engage them.
The war veterans are also crying foul claiming they are being paid RTGS 16 000 (less than US$170).
“We hear from the media that his Excellency the President wishes to meet us (he shakes his head in disbelief) to hear our grievances.
“We hope this is not another grandstanding sideshow because we have submitted our grievances to his office many times and we have actually met him before.
“He congregated us at the City Sports Centre and we gave him our grievances. We even wrote documents and gave them to him.
“There is nothing new to tell him unless of course he will be coming to tell us answers to our grievances. He has acknowledged on numerous occasions that indeed the government has abandoned us for the past 41 years and his new dispensation is working hard to redress this by announcing various projects for us.
‘We would want to inform him that what is trickling down to every war veteran is the RTGS 16 000 and nothing more.
The war veterans have always been on the political scene, after leading the invasion of white farms in 2000 soon after the late former president Robert Mugabe lost a referendum on a new constitution. Nehanda Radio
Vakuru vanoti Chinoziva ivhu kuti mwana wembeva arikurwara
Fortune Zihura ndiwe mwana wembewa
Promise Mushunje kkkkkkk
Fortune Zihura Amai vako imbeva obviously,,, nowonder usina njere
So what r they expecting from us? Pity?
Mbudzi dzevanhu mapenzi, we are now both suffering go to hell what do you want us to do
Vakuru vanoti Chinoziva ivhu kuti mwana wembeva arikurwara
@PedzisaiRuhanya Not news really is it?
@PedzisaiRuhanya Really
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Muchadura chete, nhamo yaina tsitsi nemunhu boyz
By who? Dudzai mazita. Moda kusiira vana ngozi muchembera kudai muchiiriswa
Satanina
Nothing new here!
Question is what will the Chamisa led Opposition do to protect the voting process… https://t.co/C1zoyAcGb7
You are fools, apologise to all those people, you allowed ZANUPF to use you.
Kkkkkkkkk kubhadharwa kunetsa muvakidzani ikozvino hamuchina weku batidzana naye chero doro musina mari hamu mwisiwi😂😂😂😂😂😂
Old as you are now you are suffering very stupid
Hahaha, these guys sold out the struggle they were also in. Now their fellow cdes the civilians hv adjusted in poverty they are the ones being introduced to it and its hitting them hard. Warvets, if u given money again u will sellout again. So go for it alone this time we will stand aside a watch. What we advice u is go fight against the system not to fight for pieces of silver
Have no sympathy for these Zanu PF fools. Let them suffer forever until wisdom knocks into their heads. War veteran, what an irritating word to hear in Zimbabwe. They claim to have liberated the people yet they cant liberate themselves from the poverty they are swimming in brought by the useless regime they blindly support. Nhamo chiwororo. Chakabuda kuhondo hapana.
Thats your pension increament. See you just before 2023 elections.
Actually atobhadhagwa izvozvi.
@PedzisaiRuhanya Evil ppl
tambai mega itai yamagara muchiita just becoz maka batana shit last week u now want to spill the beans tichaku mamisai isu povo stupid
They will be paid again and they will terrorize again. Regai vanhu veZANU varwe pachavo. We empathised with Matemadanda and Mutsvangwa but when they were paid they went back home. Now Matemadanda is the chief tormentor of opposition politicians; he has since forgotten how the people helped him.
They must be arrested and charged with murder
Chawora chinhu ichi
You were eating blood money, God shall destroy both the stomach and the food.
Zimbabwe must learn one thing, if you kill your brother whom do you want to live with when your brother is gone?
Gonzo nachin’ai zvatosvorana
They must not get paid any money. The time that they went to war it was national duty. We respect them for that. They got farms and those 50k. Ahaaaa everyone in zim is suffering, why gvt must pay them. They must work and support their families. This issue of war vets being given preferences is too much. Majority of them when zim got independence they joined the army, police, and worked in the gvt and some went to work for gvt entities. Again they must be paid for what. They must survive on their pension fund. All those years they left mugabe destroying the economy. They was suppose to protect the economy and their pension was going to buy them food. No to war vets payment they have been eating since day one. If they have protected what they fought for, us their kids we would hve been working and taking care of them. They were watching when the industry was collapsing now their kids are not working. They must hustle like any other Zimbabwean.
What a shame destroying your kids future muchida mari zvakazodii paya….. 😎
I thought they were old enough to know better.
these war vets are sellouts to Zimbabweans
and the next question is what if they are paid again now?
The other question is are these breakaway groups able to sustain their challenge against the gvt, or… https://t.co/BOlKjCKer1
Kkkkl now they complain bcoz ED departed from Bob politics
They’re stupid, they want mercy now?
Rimwe ndopaunonzwa richiti zanu pakadai.
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History will judge all those who betrayed us as a Nation 🇿🇼Zimbabwe will be great again 👆🇿🇼🦅
Stop hiding with a finger u wher part of it u the same finish en clar so continue sleep on the bad yu mek it yoself 😁 to hell all of u you you sold citizens dignity nw y crying
Kugara mateya mhepo the political climate from Zambia has reached the of shores so tawe kuisa what vana wasu call mwandirekerera. These are the big sellouts period
@BBCWorld ,@CNNAfrica ,@Sophie_Mokoena ,@News24,@SABCNews The Truth here
Aaah
Why now ?
@PedzisaiRuhanya The war veterans must seek change as a matter of principle not on the basis of wheth… https://t.co/27ZUMqshOl
Hungry sellouts
Haiwawo. As soon as they get their dues, they will be singing ED pfeee to the banks.
Chifayi bcz hamuna chiyamuro kunzvinyirara nyika kuita yenyu
Wait till Auxiliary cooks sadza and veggie for them. They will forget all this waffling and their gri… https://t.co/4QzMD5Va7L
Finally they admit the truth
But only until the next pay day