SECESSIONIST party Mthwakazi Liberation Front (MLF) has unveiled its new national flag.
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In a statement on Monday, MLF secretary-general Paul Siwela said they intended to officially hoist the flag when their plan to form Mthwakazi nation in 2018 materialises.
He said the flag, which features red, blue, black and white colours in addition to a shield, spear and a knobkerrie, symbolised the struggle for the independence of Matabeleland.
“Red stands for the blood of our heroic forefathers who fought many battles to create our great nation and state resisting colonialism in the 19th century,” reads the statement.
“It also represents all who died during the war in Rhodesia and those killed by the Zimbabwe government.”
He said from 1980, Mthwakazi people had suffered much humiliation, genocide, marginalisation and domination first by the British and now by rival local ethnic groups.
Siwela said the shield, spear and knobkerrie signified the weapons which were used by the Matabele State standing army during the 19th century.
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“All ethnic groups found in Matabeleland, including the Shona who desire to make it their permanent home, are entitled to be full citizens of the republic,” he said.
