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Another Gukurahundi poem emerges
03 Feb 2017 at 01:50hrs | Views
Another heart wrenching Gukurahundi poem has emerged on social media demanding answers to the atrocities which government is not keen to provide.
The Gukurahundi massacres are an emotive issue in Matabeleland, with reports that up to 20 000 people were killed when the government sent a North Korean-trained militia to Matabeleland and Midlands to crack against President Robert Mugabe's rule.
The government is yet to apologies for the killings, with Mugabe only describing the era as a "moment of madness".
The poet asks 'what exactly happened to my son, what unforgivable sin did he commit, how did he become the enemy of the state at the age of 16?".
The poet says several tragedies stretching from Kandamana Mine disaster in Hwange,mass graves in Nyadzonya and Chimoi all had explanations and apology but there is a deafening silence on Gukurahundi.
"Bhalagwe, now am at 90, i need to know before i meet my ancestors, where is my son...".
"Bhalagwe, why threaten me when i call your name, why harass when i question the whereabouts of my son...'.
This week Zanu PF was forced to move Mugabe's planned birthday bash from from Matopos National Park to the Rhodes Estate Preparatory School (Reps).
There had been an outcry that the initial venue was too close to Bhalagwe, where there is a mass grave for people killed during the Gukurahundi massacres of 1983 to 1987, which could have forced organisers to move the venue, but the choice of Reps could be awkward for Mugabe, who blames most of the country's problems on colonialism and Western interference.
The Gukurahundi massacres are an emotive issue in Matabeleland, with reports that up to 20 000 people were killed when the government sent a North Korean-trained militia to Matabeleland and Midlands to crack against President Robert Mugabe's rule.
The government is yet to apologies for the killings, with Mugabe only describing the era as a "moment of madness".
The poet asks 'what exactly happened to my son, what unforgivable sin did he commit, how did he become the enemy of the state at the age of 16?".
The poet says several tragedies stretching from Kandamana Mine disaster in Hwange,mass graves in Nyadzonya and Chimoi all had explanations and apology but there is a deafening silence on Gukurahundi.
"Bhalagwe, why threaten me when i call your name, why harass when i question the whereabouts of my son...'.
This week Zanu PF was forced to move Mugabe's planned birthday bash from from Matopos National Park to the Rhodes Estate Preparatory School (Reps).
There had been an outcry that the initial venue was too close to Bhalagwe, where there is a mass grave for people killed during the Gukurahundi massacres of 1983 to 1987, which could have forced organisers to move the venue, but the choice of Reps could be awkward for Mugabe, who blames most of the country's problems on colonialism and Western interference.
Source - Byo24News
