Zimbabwe war veterans warn Mugabe

Disgruntled war veterans have warned President Robert Mugabe of worsening civil unrest in the country if Zanu-PF bigwigs continue with their bloodletting as well as their current crackdown on dissenting voices, including former freedom fighters.

Reacting to what he called the continued persecution of his family, the secretary of the Zimbabwe National Liberation War Veterans Association Victor Matemadanda said Mugabe had failed the nation.

He spoke in the wake of the invasion of his Karoi by Zanu-PF youths linked to the ruling party faction going by the moniker Generation 40, observing ruefully that ever since war veterans had started criticizing the former liberation movement and its leaders, they and their leaders had not known peace.

Matemadanda along with four others were also recently arrested on charges of undermining the authority of Mugabe and are currently out on bail.