Correspondence seen by Standardpeople that is being sent to
Zimbabweans in the diaspora dated July 7, 2022 showed that the vetting has
already started.
“The ministry of Defence and War Veterans Affairs intends
to extend the nationwide registration exercise for non-combatant cadres and war
collaborators currently underway to those Zimbabweans in the diaspora who wish
to be registered and subsequently vetted in order for them to be legally
recognised,” reads the letter dispatched by a Zimbabwean mission in a European
country.
“In this regard, the permanent mission will act as a
registration centre for the exercise.
“Those who qualify are requested to fill in the herein
attached forms and return them to the mission as soon as possible.”
Defence ministry secretary Grey Marongwe yesterday refused
to comment on the matter, and referred this publication to the chief director
for war veterans Everisto Dziwema.
Dziwema confirmed the developments and said there was
nothing new about the vetting of Zimbabweans in the diaspora.
In May, the government said at least 160 000 war veterans,
collaborators and ex-political detainees who missed out during the first round
of compensation in 1997 had been successfully vetted.
War veterans were given lump sums of $50 000 each by late
president Robert Mugabe in 1997’s after they protested against lack of
pensions, leaving out war-collaborators and ex-detainees, among others.
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