In March and November 2003, the Supreme Court of Zimbabwe adjudicated over a case brought by the Zimbabwe Lawyers for Human Rights and the Legal Resources Foundation against the President of Zimbabwe, who had refused to publish the reports of two public inquiries conducted in 1981 and 1984.
MAGGEMM today responded to a new report by Impunity Watch calling for the prosecution of Robert Mugabe and others for Gukurahundi and other human rights abuses in Zimbabwe. The report titled “Seeking Justice for Zimbabwe” states that;
Mthwakazi Action Group on Genocide in Matabeleland and Midlands (MAGGEMM) today welcomed the findings of a new report by Women of Zimbabwe Arise (WOZA), a leading rights group in Zimbabwe.
Official Acknowledgement first.
Today (11/02.09), the new Government of National Unity (GNU) was sworn in at State House in Harare. This comes after the two main opposition parties in Zimbabwe last Friday (30/01/09) formally resolved to enter into a governing coalition with Robert Mugabe’s Zanu Pf party. These developments have been widely hailed as a sign that the political elite are finally ready to implement a new progressive order in Zimbabwean politics.