By Robert Tapfumaneyi
EXILED former cabinet minister Jonathan Moyo says those who took part in the early 1980s civilian massacres in Matabeleland and Midlands provinces should face justice for the crimes.
An estimated 20 000 civilians died in the hands of the Zimbabwean military which had been deployed from 1982 to 1987 by then Prime Minister Robert Mugabe’s government ostensibly to hunt down some army deserters who were sympathetic to then opposition rival and former Vice President Joshua Nkomo.
Despite massive evidence of the brutalities in the period now commonly referred to as Gukurahundi, government has blocked any attempts to revisit the dark era, which Mugabe once described during Nkomo’s burial 1999 as a “moment of madness”.
SunStar Angeles wants BCDA land for forest park, watershed
ANGELES CITY WATERSHED. Angeles City Mayor Carmelo Lazatin Jr. and Chief Adviser and Tactician Director IC Calaguas visited the Angeles City Watershed to discuss the programs for its rehabilitation. Lazatin vowed to prioritize the protection of the 400 hectare watershed of Angeles City located in Barangay Sapangbato. Also present during the visit were Abong Tayag and Sonny Dobles. (Angeles City Information Office)
+ January 07, 2021 ANGELES City Mayor Carmelo Lazatin Jr. has asked the Bases Conversion Development Authority (BCDA) to entrust to the city the management of its 560-hectare land in Barangay Sapangbato, so it can be transformed into a protected forest park and watershed.
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