Minister defends war vets indaba extravagance

Tshinga Dube War Veterans minister has called on opposition parties and critics, who have hit out at his ministry for spending $2 million in just under three hours at a meeting with President Robert Mugabe at City Sports Centre, to read the Constitution.

Dube said the 2013 Constitution gave the government the mandate to take care of the welfare of war veterans, and that is why his ministry was established to fulfill the constitutional provisions.

Section 84(1) of the Constitution confers war veterans, those who assisted in the liberation struggle and those who were detained, restricted or imprisoned for political reasons during the struggle the right to State welfare.