Heal Zimbabwe Trust Director, Rashid Mahiya described the on going National Peace and Reconciliation Commission bill public hearings as an absurd process which has sidelined areas which need healing the most.
By Philemon Jambaya
Mahiya singled out Tsholotsho as one area that could have been included as a destination for the NPRC public hearings.
He questioned reasons why Tsholotsho was excluded despite being one of the areas seriously affected by the Gukurahundi atrocities.
“We need to know how the parliament came up with those areas while turning a blind eye on areas like Tsholotsho which were affected by Gukurahundi” fumed Mahiya.
The Gukurahundi massacre of 1983 which remain the darkest period in ZImbabwe’s post-independence history, is said to have claimed more than 20 000 civilians .
Farai Mangava, a Bulawayo resident said that the government is not genuine in addressing the national healing issue.
“You just wonder why areas like Tsholotsho are being left out, we need people who are serious, this is not a matter to joke with like what they are doing” said Mangava.
The schedule of the Public Hearings are as follows:
Team A
11 April 2016, Kwekwe, Kwekwe Theatre, 1100hrs
12 April 2016, Gweru, Gweru Theatre, 1000hrs
14 April 2016, Victoria Falls, Chinotimba Hall, 0900hrs
14 April 2016, Hwange, ZPC Social Club 1500hrs
15 April 2016, Plumtree TMB Hall, i.e. Plumtree Town Council Hall, 1400hrs
16 April 2016, Lupane, Lupane Local Board Community Hall, 1030hrs
16 April 2016, Bulawayo, Bulawayo Holiday Inn, 1500hrs
20 April 2016, Harare, Senate Chamber, 1000hrs
Team B
11 April 2016, Gutu, Gutu Council Boardroom 1200hrs
12 April 2016, Masvingo, Masvingo Civic Centre Hall 1000hrs
13 April 2016, Mutare, Mutare Civic Centre Hall 1000hrs
14 April 2016, Marondera, Marondera- Mbuya Nehanda Hall Dombotombo, 1400hrs
