Instead, the party honored its own heroes who ‘sacrificed for the people’s democratic struggle.’ Our correspondent Lionel Saungweme told us the idea by the MDC to hold their own parallel commemorations was to make a bold statement that heroes are not defined just by Robert Mugbae and ZANU PF.
‘The MDC says there are many heroes out there who were not accorded the status because they were on the wrong side of ZANU PF,’ Saungweme.
Some of the people who the MDC remembered were Learnmore Jongwe, Tonderai Ndira, Susan Tsvangirai, Lookout Masuku, Gibson Sibanda, Getrude Mthombeni, Patrick Nabanyama and Welshman Mabhena.
Bulawayo provincial youth assembly chairperson, Bekithemba Nyathi, told the gathering at the party offices that they were remembering ‘the great men and women who fell for the cause of our freedom.’
Family members of the MDC-T heroes received posthumous certificates for their ‘sacrifice and courage’ to liberate Zimbabwe from the clutches of the dictatorship.
The MDC-T has a roll of honour list which contains over 300 names of activists who have been died since the party was formed 12 years ago. The MDC said most of the victims on the list were callously murdered in state-sponsored violence.
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