Zimbabwe: 'Mnangagwa Must Apologise for Gukurahundi Massacres'

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BY NS: First of all, congratulations for winning the Zanu PF primary election in Makokoba (Bulawayo) to represent your party in the upcoming general elections. How do you feel?

The Zimbabwe Independent -- which every week provides cutting-edge interviews with leading political and business figures -- this week engaged former minister, senior Zanu PF official and liberation struggle fighter retired Colonel Tshinga Dube who usually speaks out his mind, including during ex-president Robert Mugabe's feared rule, to tackle critical issues past and present. Our reporter Nkululeko Sibanda (NS) spoke to Dube, one of Matabeleland region's most senior political figures, about his political career, Zanu PF primaries, his time at the Zimbabwe Defence Industries (ZDI) and the controversial drama about Malabo-bound mercenaries arrested in Harare in 2004 on their way to topple Equatorial Guinea President Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo. Find below excerpts of the interview:

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