BULAWAYO - An association representing war recruits is pushing for an amendment of the War Veterans Act to allow its members to be paid compensation for the role they played duruing the armed struggled. Members of the Zimbabwe National Liberation War Recruits Association (ZNLWRA), in a meeting on Saturday, said the War Veterans Act of 1997 denied them many beneThe War Veterans Act of 1997, facilitated the payment of compensation to war veterans of Z$50 000. The government has been paying war veterans, war ex-detainees and war ex-restrictees monthly allowances ever since then. The government also pays schools fees for their children.
“We did not benefit in 1997 but we raised the issue and we were told that something would come, but up to now there is nothing for us,” said Petros Sibanda, the ZNLWRA secretary general. “The War Veterans Act must be amended to allow war recruits to be paid
compensation. We will not rest until we get the money because we were part of the struggle, which brought independence to Zimbabwe.
Part of the resolution agreed at the meeting was to push for a new constitution that recognises the role that recruits played during the country’s liberation war.
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