{"id":29000,"date":"2020-10-17T18:50:38","date_gmt":"2020-10-17T16:50:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.com\/zimbabwe\/?p=29000"},"modified":"2020-10-17T18:50:38","modified_gmt":"2020-10-17T16:50:38","slug":"mpofu-underfire-over-gukurahundi-remarks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.cc\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/mpofu-underfire-over-gukurahundi-remarks","title":{"rendered":"Mpofu Underfire Over Gukurahundi Remarks"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>ZANU PF secretary for administration, Obert Mpofu, has angered Matebeleland-based pressure groups and political parties by suggesting that\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/news.pindula.co.zw\/2020\/10\/16\/the-opposition-is-using-gukurahundi-as-a-smear-campaign-against-zanu-pf-obert-mpofu\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">anti-Gukurahundi activists were using the 1980s massacres to gain political mileage.\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Mpofu claimed in his book \u201cOn the Shoulders of Struggle\u201d launched in Harare on Wednesday evening\u00a0that Gukurahundi gives \u201copposition parties an opportunity to retain relevance in Zimbabwe\u2019s political arena by manipulating this narrative.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"google-auto-placed ap_container\">\n<p>Responding to Mpofu\u2019s remarks, prominent anti-Gukurahundi activist and Ibhetshu Likazulu coordinator, Mbuso Fuzwayo, Zimbabwe Economic Freedom Fighters (ZEFF), Zapu, and Mthwakazi Republic Party (MRP) criticised the former Mines minister.<\/p>\n<div class=\"vRuDObQb\">\n<p>The organisations said Mpofu and ZANU PF at large, were \u201cin denial\u201d of the truth, therefore, the issue will remain a stumbling block to peace and nation-building. ZEFF president Ndibali said:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Mpofu knows that Gukurahundi victims are seeking justice and not revenge but he is selfish because he is saying what he wants his master to hear.<\/p>\n<p>He is a coward who has sold out his soul and Ubuntu for pieces of silver.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<div class=\"google-auto-placed ap_container\">\n<p>It is shameful that he disrespects victims of a violent death in this manner.<\/p>\n<p>We call upon him to withdraw his statement and to apologise to the victims of Gukurahundi and to the nation as a whole and in particular Midlands and Matabeleland provinces.<\/p>\n<p>Zapu spokesperson, Iphithule Maphosa implicated Mpofu in the atrocities saying his \u201crole in Gukurahundi is well documented and every survivor is well aware of it.\u201d He added:<\/p>\n<p>It does not surprise to hear such remarks from the sell-out because he is covering his stink.<\/p>\n<p>He has so much blood of Gukurahundi victims who fell victim to his collaborative antics with Zanu PF, especially those who were in Zapu leadership at that time.<\/p>\n<p>It is alleged that about 20 000 people from Midlands and Matebeleland when the North Korean-trained fifth brigade descended on the provinces where alleged dissidents were operating from.<\/p>\n<p>The sensitive issue has been unresolved decades later as it is believed that senior officials in the ruling ZANU PF orchestrated the massacres.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ZANU PF secretary for administration, Obert Mpofu, has angered Matebeleland-based pressure groups and political parties by suggesting that\u00a0anti-Gukurahundi activists were using the 1980s massacres to gain political mileage.\u00a0 Mpofu claimed in his book \u201cOn the Shoulders of Struggle\u201d launched in Harare on Wednesday evening\u00a0that Gukurahundi gives \u201copposition parties an opportunity to retain relevance in Zimbabwe\u2019s [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":22881,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,10],"tags":[38,566],"class_list":{"0":"post-29000","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-all-news","8":"category-parties","9":"tag-zanu-pf","10":"tag-mpofu"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v24.1 (Yoast SEO v24.1) - 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