By James Gwati-Professor Johnathan Moyo said Zimbabwe will only be independent after the government had addressed the 1980s Gukurahundi issue.

“We also need to find a lasting solution to enable the victims the opportunity to heal, they cannot heal without a lasting solution,” Moyo said on Tuesday during a virtual meeting to discuss ways of bringing finality to the Gukurahundi issue.

The meeting was organised by pressure group Ibhetshu LikaZulu.

“Their wounds have been open for 34 years and in general, 41 years and only a lasting solution can bring closure in their wounds.
“Finally we must find a lasting solution to enable especially our communities to reconcile.
“Reconciliation is not possible without a lasting solution.”

Moyo said it was not possible anywhere in the world to resolve a genocide such as Gukurahundi without some kind of truth commission.
-NewsDay