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*Chiefs Order Matobo RDC To Reverse Decision Over Gukurahundi Burial Site* *Follow Pindula on WhatsApp for daily new updates* https://whatsapp.com/channel/0029Va84dngJP21B2nWeyM3v?ee Chiefs in Matabeleland provinces have voiced their disagreement to a decision by the Matobo Rural District Council (MRDC) to turn the Gukurahundi burial site in Bhalagwe, Kezi in Matabeleland South Province into a district heroes’ acre. The bodies of thousands of innocent people massacred by the Zimbabwe National Army during the Gukurahundi genocide were allegedly thrown into the disused Antelope Mine at Bhalagwe. ---------- Latest itel A06 on Pindula: 32GB storage, 4GB RAM $69 USD WhatsApp: +263715068543 Calls: 0772464000 ---------- Outspoken traditional leader, Chief Mathema, castigated the MRDC after it was revealed that the council had declared the site a Heroes Acre about 20 years ago. Speaking during a National Peace and Reconciliation Commission consultative meeting on Friday in Maphisa, Kezi, Chief Mathema said: > The issue of Bhalagwe has been dominating most of the conversation around Gukurahundi. > To Matobo RDC, you did wrong. I want to call a spade a spade, you were not supposed to make a resolution as a council and declare Bhalagwe a Heroes Acre without even consulting people. > You were supposed to consult us as the chiefs as well. > Was there no other place where you could locate a Heroes Acre? There are many clean sites besides Bhalagwe where mass graves of innocent people are located. > That place is a victims’ area, as those people were buried there involuntary. > I advise you that in everything you do, you need to consult the chiefs. Please reverse that decision. Activists in Matabeleland have called for the Bhalagwe gravesite to be recognised as a Gukurahundi monument by constructing a plaque. *More: Daily News* _If you found this article useful_ *Please support Pindula by forwarding to friends and groups*
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