Zimbabwe: We Should Not Forget Our Heroes

25 November 2016
editorial

Thirty nine years ago, on November 23, 1977, one of the most heinous crimes against humanity was committed by Ian Smith's Rhodesian security forces when they bombarded Chimoio Camp, a vast facility housing innocent men, women and children in Mozambique.Scars from the Chimoio attack remain at the pivot of the nation's conscience, without necessarily belittling the other attacks by the racist regime in Mozambique, Zambia, and here in Zimbabwe, where thousands of people -- young and old; male and female perished, while thousands others lost life and limb.

Speaking to The Sunday Mail a few months ago, Commander at Chimoio Camp, Cde Midson Gomba Mupasu, whose nom de guerre was Cde Norman Bethune said he vividly remembers the events of that tragic day on November 23, 1977: "The bombardment and the subsequent massacre started around 7:45am and went on until past 12 noon -- bombing, shooting and killing."

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