The association is yet to be named but is under the interim leadership of Misheck Beta with an interim coordinating committee.
Reuben Mucharahondo, the interim secretary general, said: “As genuine war liberators we want to remain politically neutral and pre-democratic. We are doing this as an effort to unitethe true war veterans and we are at an advanced stage of registering the war veterans who would want to join our association.”
He said elections for the leadership and committee would be held this year.
“We are planning to engage all the stakeholders and the association is going to be a national association that will represent all the war veterans in the country. If all our plans go well, we are expecting to hold our first conference in Mutare where the national elections to select the national leadership would be held,” added Muchirahondo.
Sources interviewed said most war veterans from Bulawayo and Matebeleland had shown interest in joining the association. They said frustration in the current association (Zimbabwe War Veterans Association) had reached boiling point.
They accused the Zanu (PF) politicians for manipulating the association for political gain.
A source said: “The new organisation has sent shivers to the Zanu (PF) leadership, as it has donors who have promised to chip in with resources and projects that would improve the welfare of the war veterans who have been left in poverty by Zanu (PF).”
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