NGOs lashed for banking on Zimbabwe atrocitiesfrom NDABENI MLOTSHWA in Bulawayo, ZimbabweBULAWAYO, (CAJ News) – AUTHORITIES have warned civil society groups, non-governmental organisations and individuals against using the 1980s massacres of minority groups in Zimbabwe for financial gain. Callistus Ndlovu, the Provincial chairman of Bulawayo for the ruling Zimbabwe African National Union – Patriotic Front (Zanu–PF), castigated groups and individuals using the Gukurahundi atrocities for commercial purposes. Ndlovu a liberation icon and a member of the Zimbabwe African People’s Union (ZAPU) which merged with ZANU to form ZANU-PF in 1987. The revived Zapu, a faction which broke away from Zanu-PF in 2008, also denounced some NGOs and individuals attempting to make money out of the atrocities. “I have lost my family in Shurungwi (Midlands) simply because we spoke a different language from the dissidents.

Source: The North Africa Journal January 24, 2018 14:37 UTC