Bulawayo — A group representing victims of political violence has written to the Matobo rural council in Matabeleland South seeking authority to erect a monument in memory of civilians killed during Gukurahundi at the once feared Bhalagwe army camp.
The Zimbabwe Victims of Organised Violence Trust (Zivovt) plans to erect the memorial site "as a remembrance of the thousands of people who either lost their lives or were tortured at the concentration camp during the 1980s."
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