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Mnangagwa to sue over Gukurahundi claims
21 Mar 2016 at 19:13hrs | Views
Vice President Emmerson Mnangagwa has noted with concern the contents of an article titled: 'Coltart Shines Light on VP's Gukurahundi Role,' which appeared in the Southern Eye section of the News Day edition on the 17th of this month.
The article reports Mr David Coltart alleging in his autobiography that Mnangagwa addressed a rally in Lupane on a date that is not specified but sometime in the 1980s and said that the government has the option of burning down all villages infested with dissidents, among other statements inciting violence against civilians.
In a statement to the ZBC News, Mnangagwa said all the statements attributed to him in the article are a total fabrication and that at no stage during the 1980s did he address a rally in Lupane or did he at any other venue said those words in the article in question.
The statement also confirmed that Mnangagwa's lawyers are in the meantime perusing Mr Coltart's autobiography to ascertain the accuracy of the report in the Newsday before considering appropriate action to be taken to address the false and malicious statements.
Source - zbc
