African leaders pressed President Mugabe in 1993 to compensate victims of the Gukurahundi operation, The Zim Diaspora can sensationally reveal.
Members of the 5th Brigade were rarely photographed
This was in the light of the international law, Geneva Convention of 1948, Additional Protocol of 1977 which states clearly that "if a government sends an army to any troubled spot in the country, and that army happens to target civilians, the government has committeed Crimes against Humanity". It is paramount that the army distinguishes between combatants and civilians or else the deployment of the army becomes criminal.
We can authoritatively reveal that in November 1993 the now defunct Organization of African Unity's Human Rights Committee reportedly pressed Mr Mugabe to compensate the victims of the Gukurahundi atrocities. Mr Mugabe replied that he had already declared in October 1992 that no compensation would be paid because any atrocities committed were perpetrated during a "state of war."
However, during the funeral of Joshua Nkomo, Mr Mugabe made a u-turn when he indirectly apologised for the massacres and described the Gukurahundi operation in Matabeleland and Midlands areas as a "moment of madness".
A commission established in 1984 to investigate atrocities committed during the 1982-87 Matabeleland disturbances, the Simplicius Chihambakwe Commission, conducted interviews in Bulawayo for 2 days in mid-1993.
According to human rights groups, the information collected in that brief time was so damning that the investigation was suspended.
Chihambakwe's report was submitted to President Mugabe but has not been made public. Mr Mugabe thought the truth about the 5 Brigade was too damaging, hence the report is gathering dust in his office. Many await for the time he will rejoin his maker in order to make the report public.
Human rights groups have stated that a proper investigation of the Matabeleland and Midlands atrocities can only be conducted if Mugabe is gone.
However, in the 1990s Mr Mugabe's government declared that victims of the Matabeleland crisis can now be declared legally dead under the Missing Persons Act, but many victims' relatives are too frightened to come forward up to this day.
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written by mlindelwa, November 01, 2009
written by Mweni Tafara, November 01, 2009
Your analogy is quite religious, I did not know that you can be that spiritual.
written by Ryton Dzimiri, November 01, 2009
Please quote from proverbs next time, it sounds to be sending a direct message to Zimbabweans as well.
written by Maidei, November 02, 2009
Since the ''genocide'' occured nearly 3 decades ago, the longer it takes the more difficult it will be to identify who really should get compensated. with life expectancy at 34 or so in Zim it may be getting harder to identify the real victims.
written by Mthulisi, November 02, 2009
Ephesians 6:10, 12
written by maidei, November 02, 2009
''We dont do God in politics''
written by Mthulisi, November 02, 2009
written by Mthulisi, November 02, 2009
51:13 O dweller on many waters, abundant in treasures, Come in hath thine end, the measure of thy dishonest gain.
written by mokoena, November 02, 2009
I understand your point. But we shall wait upon the Lord and not lean upon our own understanding which you want us to do. 3 decades is a long time yes. But we shall not lean upon our own understanding. Justice will prevail ngoba umuntu ngokaNkulunkulu and was made in the image of God. Yes do not find yourself as one of the spirits and principalities that we are fighting against. To you this is a joking matter but Alas we shall see.
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We will need us to know that He is Lord. We need to be still for the vision awaits its time. This is the time everyone feels it and what is left is to reveal His soldiers to us. The murderer has had a fair share of his plagues and he is still hardening his heart. We are waiting for the last plague that will hit to the divison of bone and marrow. We will then know that the captives have been let free.
We need not to forget that other Moses were raised before, your John Nkomos, Obert Mpofus, Mutinhiris, Mathemas, Khutshwekhayas but they have decided to remain in Pharoah's house and enjoy the fat of the land that comes from the people's blood, sweat and tears. Their reward awaits them. Fleeting pleasures will last but for a while.
What we dont know is whether the new (our)Moses has been raised in the house of Pharoah or not. If he is, then we know him and what is left is for him to train the Joshua, Calebs and Gideons. We know he shall help with the emancipation and maybe not reach the Land of Canaan.