Former Minister Moyo Calls Out Mugabe on 1980s Massacre

Former Zimbabwe education minister Jonathan Moyo has said Robert Mugabe's claim that the Ndebele people were responsible for the Gukurahundi atrocities is wrong. The massacre remains the darkest period in the country's post-independence history, when thousands of civilians were killed by Mugabe's feared Fifth Brigade. No one has accepted the blame, but the recent release of historical documents has shed new light on those responsible.

  • Zimbabwe:   'Mugabe Wrong On Gukurahundi'

    Zimbabwe Standard, 8 April 2018

    Former High and Tertiary Education minister Jonathan Moyo has said ex-president Robert Mugabe's claim that Zapu and the Ndebele people were responsible for the Gukurahundi… Read more »

Former education minister Jonathan Moyo (file photo).

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