Seized ZPRA records hinder liberation history project
via NewsDay Zimbabwe5 min read
MAFELA Trust continues to gather information on the history of Zapu and its armed wing, ZPRA, following the government's seizure of their records in 1982 during the tenure of the late former President Robert Mugabe. Established in 1989 by former Zapu freedom fighters, the trust aims to research and preserve this history. Zaphania Moyo, a surviving former Zapu national security organization member, stated that efforts to rebuild the historical record are ongoing, but progress is slow due to financial constraints and the lack of a permanent office. The trust is identifying mass graves, rehabilitating former training centers in Zambia into liberation war museums, and engaging pioneers of the liberation struggle to collect more information. Some documents are currently kept under the Dabengwa Foundation, and the trust is trying to engage the family of the late Dumiso Dabengwa regarding these documents, while also facing challenges in locating some properties.
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