By A Correspondent | As Gukurahundi abductions and tortures continue in 2020, the man who started the whole operation in 1983, Emmerson Mnangagwa has won endorsement from the women’s rights activist Jenni Williams as she this time “represents” the whole Matebeleland province.

Williams said she is ecstatic as she titled Mnanagwa, “the President.” Mnangagwa is the same man who executed another Gukurahundi style operation on the 1st August 2018 to kill  people in Harare just so to steal the job.

Scores of activists in Matebeleland have been tortured this year and many are either on the run, or they have been abducted.

Williams who is the Chairperson of the Matabeleland Collective, added saying she is happy that finally what was initially a draft proposal on paper will now be operationalised and help bring closure to Gukurahundi victims.

“This meeting was called so that we discuss the implementation matrix of our programme to address the challenges of the victims which include issues to do with exhumation and issuance of birth and death certificates.

“We are ecstatic that the President has reaffirmed his commitment to these programmes as we start implementing them. I must therefore assure people in the various communities that we will now be coming to them to both engage and implement these programmes,” said Ms Williams.

The Information Ministry secretary Nick Mangwana moved in to explain what was happening:

“Today (yesterday), the issues that were discussed were the issuance of birth and death certificates to victims of Gukurahundi, exhumation of victims of Gukurahundi, Matabeleland Zambezi Water Project, corruption in rural district councils, youth empowerment and increased participation of women in Government and Parliament.

“From these the outcome was that there will be a rollout in September which is going to involve the chiefs, the National Peace and Reconciliation Commission, Matabeleland Collective and Government. This rollout is basically the implementation of these programmes for the Gukurahundi victims,” said Mr Mangwana.

The state media reported saying these developments are in line with the new dispensation’s thrust of collective engagement towards development as members of the Matabeleland Collective have been previously hostile towards the Government. In his previous meetings, Mnangagwa has hailed the interaction which he described as the first of its kind in terms of social dialogue.