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The decision by President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s regime to grant authority to traditional leaders and war veterans to acquire mining titles has been described as a bribe to buy their support ahead of elections.
War veteran and legendary musician Clive Malunga has lashed out at how the Zanu-PF government has been neglecting his colleagues who liberated Zimbabwe from colonial rule. Malunga, a Zanu-PF member who rose to prominence in the New Millennium with hits such as ‘Rudhiya’ and ‘Nesango’, has since launched a series of articles attacking his party for mismanaging the country and championing dictatorship for 42 years.
Former veterans of the liberation struggle have told the ruling Zanu PF party that most of them are dying due to abject poverty that they are living under.
Norton legislator Temba Mliswa has accused President Emmerson Mngangagwa’s administration of going into overdrive committing human rights abuses following the police detention of nine war veterans who were arrested for besieging Finance minister Mthuli Ncube’s office demanding better pensions.
Former local government minister Saviour Kasukuwere has accused state institutions of failing to enforce the country’s laws after a war veteran leader who led the invasion of his Mazowe farm last year and harvested his orange produce refused to vacate despite the High Court ordering his eviction.
The High Court has intervened on behalf of Melody Midzi daughter to the late former minister, Amos Midzi, after a group of War Veterans allegedly teamed up to invade her part of a Beatrice farm.
Exiled former minister Saviour Kasukuwere has approached the High Court on an urgent basis with an application seeking leave to evict war veterans who invaded his farm pending their Supreme Court appeal against his victory at the High Court.
The remains of 11 people suspected to be freedom fighters that were exhumed in Mutoko last week were on Saturday reburied at Kapondoro Heroes Acre in Mutoko East constituency.
The provincial headquarters of war veterans located in Entumbane suburb, Bulawayo, was petrol-bombed yesterday morning. The resultant fire caused extensive damage to property and records.
President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s government has ordered all the country’s eight provincial ministers to reserve land and allocate it to war veterans. It also ordered that all land disputes involving the veterans must be ruled in their favour.