The Sunday News
Harare Bureau
WAR veterans will soon meet their Patron, President Mugabe, to review the historic engagement with the Head of State and Government last year where issues affecting freedom fighters and Zanu-PF were tabled.
Our Harare Bureau understands that War Veterans, War Collaborators, Detainees and Restrictees Minister Colonel (Retired) Tshinga Dube is arranging the meeting. The engagement comes amid failed attempts by a group led by former Minister and expelled Zanu-PF member Mr Christopher Mutsvangwa to mobilise a section of war veterans to wade into the succession issue.
President Mugabe has said he will not hand-pick his successor as Zanu-PF’s constitution provides for that matter and that the people of Zimbabwe will determine who they want to lead them.
The war veterans want to use their next engagement with President Mugabe to review progress in sorting out welfare issues raised at the 2016 indaba. At that meeting, President Mugabe promised to meet the war veterans regularly and emphasised that their welfare was a priority.
