Zapu Dares Mnangagwa To Explain His Role In Gukurahundi Genocide

Zapu Dares Mnangagwa To Explain His Role In Gukurahundi Genocide

  With former Education minister David Coltart opening a can of worms with his recently released autobiography – the Dumiso Dabengwa-led Zapu has dared beleaguered Vice President Emmerson Mngangagwa to come clean on the role he played in the Gukurahundi atrocities. Although President Robert Mugabe came short of apologising for the atrocities  – where an estimated 20 000 people lost their lives – saying it was a “moment of madness”, his deputy preferred to say…

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MDC Press Statement On Threats Against, Human Rights Defender, Politician, Lawyer Senator David Coltart

MDC Press Statement On Threats Against, Human Rights Defender, Politician, Lawyer Senator David Coltart

It has been almost one month since MDC Secretary for Legal and Constitutional Affairs, Senator David Coltart, launched his book entitled “The Struggle Continues: 50 Years of Tyranny in Zimbabwe”. Senator Coltart is a human rights defender, politician, lawyer and community activist.   In terms of our national constitution, as citizens we are free to express our thoughts in action or writing – and Senator Coltart is not an exception. There are numerous articles, documentaries,…

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Coltart Allegedly Reveals , ‘Tsvangirai Trained Bandits In South Africa, For Violent Takeover Of Power’

Coltart Allegedly Reveals , ‘Tsvangirai Trained Bandits In South Africa, For Violent Takeover Of Power’

Zanu-PF yesterday urged former MDC Bulawayo South National Assembly member Mr David Coltart to provide police and State security with full details on opposition MDC-T’s banditry activities that were targeted at toppling the legitimate Government of President Mugabe in 2006. The revolutionary party’s comments were triggered by Mr Coltart revelations in his book released recently that opposition leader Mr Morgan Tsvangirai in 2006 trained bandits in South Africa in preparation for a violent takeover of…

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Senator David Coltart’s Book Must Be Candid About Gukurahundi Genocide and GNU History .

Senator David Coltart’s Book Must Be Candid About Gukurahundi Genocide and GNU History .

Senator David Coltart’s work during Gukurahundi is commendable and anyone who knows any-thing about those dark days in Zimbabwe’s history will know the Senator played a key role in seeking some restorative justice to the victims of the madness. He has been relentless in his demand for those responsible for this outrage to face justice and rightly so too because this matter can never be laid to rest and the wounds heal until justice is…

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Human Rights Institute Praises Coltart Publication ‘The Struggle Continues – 50 Years Of Tyrrany In Zimbabwe’

Matabeleland Institute for Human Rights would like to congratulate prolific Bulawayo human rights lawyer and esteemed legislator Honorable Senator David Coltart for his compelling book: THE STRUGGLE CONTINUES – 50 YEARS OF TYRANNY IN ZIMBABWE. Coltart’s book is one piece of literary work that shall go to the annals of history as one of the records that seek justice for the Gukurahundi genocide in Matabeleland. We also would like to urge the people of Matabeleland…

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‘David Coltart Autobiography (50 Years Of Tyranny In Zimbabwe), Unravels Gukurahundi Massacres

‘David Coltart Autobiography (50 Years Of Tyranny In Zimbabwe), Unravels Gukurahundi Massacres

VICE-PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa’s role in the Gukurahundi massacres has once again been thrust into the limelight, with former Education minister David Coltart accusing him of making inflammatory statements that could have formented the killings. In his autobiography, The Struggle Continues: 50 years of Tyranny in Zimbabwe, Coltart insinuates Mnangagwa and Defence minister Sydney Sekeramayi could have known more about the 1980s killings than President Robert Mugabe. At a rally near Lupane district, Coltart alleged Mnangagwa…

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