Thread by @NewsHawksLive

It's usually said the first casualty of war (genocide) is truth, but women and children are also vulnerable.
This plaque unveiled this weekend in Tsholotsho at eMkhonyeni in memory of 21 women and a man locked and burnt in a hut by the 5th Brigade on 16 March 1983, says it all.

The plaque unveiling was done by Ibhetshu LikaZulu, a pressure group in Bulawayo, and local community; some of the photos were taken by Zenzele Ndebele, a journalist.

At the forefront of Zimbabwe's worst recorded killings in history, were Emmerson Mnangagwa, then State Security minister and now President, the late Perrence Shiri, Five Brigade commander and later minister, politicians like Enos Nkala and Sydney Sekeramayi, and army chiefs.

There were many other Zanu PF leaders, military, intelligence and police service chiefs who were involved in the massacres.

The late former president Robert Mugabe was the architect of the murders, but Mnangagwa and Shiri, among others, were the executors.
Current Vice-President Constantino Chiwenga was the Commander of 1 Brigade in Bulawayo which provided logistics for Gukurahundi.

The agitators for Gukurahundi were overzealous, rabid and reckless as they thought they would simply get away with murder and impunity forever, hence their names,activities and footprints are well-documented.

While the cruel perpetrators have heartlessly tried to deny the killings, the evidence of the massacres is overwhelming.

The National Peace and Reconciliation Commission is trying to address the genocide to assist victims, communities and the nation to move forward, but the trouble is perpetrators are in charge of the process; they want to bury the issue without truth and justice, thus a farce.