CIO hunt for war veterans leader on eve of planned protests

BULAWAYO, Mar.19 (NewsDayLive) – The President’s Department has placed war veterans leader Andreas Ethan Mathibela under surveillance, and requested immigration officials at Plumtree, Maitengwe and Mphoengs border posts to ensure that he does not leave the country.

Mathibela, who is chairperson of the Zimbabwe National Liberation War Veterans Association, is one of the organisers of the mass protests scheduled for Thursday to register public displeasure over high levels of corruption in President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s government.

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