By Felix Matasva
MUTARE: Over 1 500 people have been killed or maimed by landmines while more than 120 000 livestock have also perished since independence in 1980.
As a result, a local Persons With Disabilities (PWDs) organisation has urged the government to compile a database of people injured by explosives during the liberation war in communities along Zimbabwe’s border with Mozambique so that the victims are assisted by the state.
Chipinge has been pointed out by the Quadriplegics and Paraplegics Association of Zimbabwe (QUAPAZ), as one of the districts in the country with a high number of PWDs, who are victims of landmines and other explosive remnants of war in post-independence Zimbabwe.