War vets call for decent burials of departed comrades

Joseph Madzimure

Zimpapers Politics Hub

ZANU PF has called on Government to prioritise the disbursement of resources for exhumations and re-burials of veterans of the liberation struggle.

President Mnangagwa recently said freedom fighters who perished during the liberation struggle should have their bodies exhumed and accorded decent burials.

In an interview yesterday, Zanu PF War Veterans League Secretary, Cde Douglas Mahiya said a committee will be set up to spearhead the exhumations and burials of combatants lying in mass graves in and outside the country.
The exhumation committee will comprise chiefs and war veterans.

“We expect resources to be made available for us. We must ensure that the comrades…

Related Posts

Zim pledges US$1m to fight Ebola . . . Govt activates full emergency response

Gibson Nyikadzino-Zimpapers Reporter Zimbabwe has pledged US$1 million to the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention to help fight and contain the spread of the Ebola virus across the…

New law to restrict US$4,5bn imports

Oliver Kazunga-Senior Reporter THE Government intends to restrict the importation of US$$4,5 billion worth of goods that can ordinarily be produced in Zimbabwe, under a proposed new law aimed at…

Leave a Reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

×
×