Chronicle Editor
Nqobile Tshili, [email protected]
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa has arrived at the State House in Bulawayo and his arrival marks the official start of the Gukurahundi Community Engagement Outreach Programme launch.
The programme is running under the theme: Promotion healing, peace and unity through community engagement: Sikhuthaza ukwelatshwa kwamanxeba, ukuze kube lokuthula lokubambana lokuxoxisana.
The launch is a culmination of a journey that started five years ago where President engaged traditional leaders from Matabeleland region on how to resolve the Gukurahundi matter.
Today’s launch will see chiefs going to their communities to conduct hearings on how they want the Gukurahundi issue to be resolved.
Chiefs have been trained on conflict resolution and in conducting the exercise they will work with a 14-member panel inclusive of religious leaders, women, youth among others to ensure no one is left behind.
The Gukurahundi Community Engagement Outreach Programme is meant to address the gaps that were not closed by the 1987 Unity Accord, which brought a political solution to post independence conflict.
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