President Emmerson Mnangagwa will today meet traditional chiefs from the Matabeleland region and the Midlands Province at Bulawayo State House.

The meeting will set a platform for a direct face to face dialogue between Mnangagwa and controversial Ntabazinduna Chief, Nhlanhla Ndiweni, that is if the chief will be allowed into the meeting.

Sources close to the arrangements of the meeting told ZimEye.com that Gukurahundi will be the major issue on discussion.

Ndiweni together with Chief Maduna of Insiza and Chief Mathema of Gwanda are likely to lead the chiefs in giving Mnangagwa a torrid time discussing the matter as they have been very vocal on the issue.

The three chiefs recently paid a courtesy call on opposition MDC leader Nelson Chamisa to get his perspective on the Gukurahundi issue.

The Ministry of Information, Publicity and Broadcasting Services posted a statement on Twitter yesterday announcing the President’s meeting with the chiefs scheduled for today.

“His Excellency President @edmnangagwa will meet Chiefs from Matabeleland and Midlands provinces on Friday 28 June 2019, at State House, Bulawayo,” reads the statement.

Today’s meeting comes hot on the heels of a similar engagement which the President had in March with the Matabeleland Collective, a grouping of non-governmental organisations, faith-based organisations, community-based organisations, trusts, savings clubs and social movements from Bulawayo, Matabeleland North and Matabeleland South.