Gukurahundi a ticking time bomb, says Mpofu

Former Bulimia East legislator, Norman Mpofu (MDC-T), has urged government to carefully handle the emotive Gukurahundi issue and facilitate national healing and reconciliation, saying failure to do so could trigger civil strife.

The warning came amid rising public anger over Zanu PF's failure to address amicably the conflict that claimed over 20 000 lives of suspected Zapu supporters in Matabeleland and Midlands provinces in the 1980s.

Mpofu yesterday said that citizens were becoming agitated by government's refusal to bring the issue to finality.