Mphoko's Liberation War History Revealed: Dabengwa
Published: 2016 April 06 05:17:36 (7151 Views)
Claims by former War Verterans Asssociation leader, Cristopher Mutsvangwa, that Vice President Phelekezela Mphoko abandoned the liberation struggle to be with his wife, have been slammed as lies by Zipra's former intelligence chief Dumiso Dabengwa.
Mphoko, according to Dabengwa, remained in Mozambique towards the end of the war for Zimbabwe’s independence in the late 1970s on assignment in his brief as the chief of logistics, specifically under instruction from the late Zipra commander Alfred Nikita Mangena to receive weapons and secure their safe passage to Zipra fighters.
The Zapu president made the remarks during an address to commemorate the death of former Zipra commander Lookout Masuku at an event organised by Ibhetshu lika Zulu in Bulawayo.
The former Home Affairs Minister spoke about Mphoko after he was asked by a member of the audience to clarify why one person remained in Mozambique after the collapse of the Zimbabwe People’s Army (ZIPA) and the rest of the Zipra cadres returned to Zambia.
Dabengwa revealed that Mphoko's task was to receive and transport weapons from East Germany into the country so that those guerrillas who entered through Botswana or Zambia traveled light and get the weapons inland.
Mutsvangwa, last month, claimed that Mphoko deserted his comrades in Mozambique at the height of the liberation struggle to enjoy life with his then wife-to-be, Laurinda.
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Mphoko, according to Dabengwa, remained in Mozambique towards the end of the war for Zimbabwe’s independence in the late 1970s on assignment in his brief as the chief of logistics, specifically under instruction from the late Zipra commander Alfred Nikita Mangena to receive weapons and secure their safe passage to Zipra fighters.
The Zapu president made the remarks during an address to commemorate the death of former Zipra commander Lookout Masuku at an event organised by Ibhetshu lika Zulu in Bulawayo.
The former Home Affairs Minister spoke about Mphoko after he was asked by a member of the audience to clarify why one person remained in Mozambique after the collapse of the Zimbabwe People’s Army (ZIPA) and the rest of the Zipra cadres returned to Zambia.
Dabengwa revealed that Mphoko's task was to receive and transport weapons from East Germany into the country so that those guerrillas who entered through Botswana or Zambia traveled light and get the weapons inland.
Mutsvangwa, last month, claimed that Mphoko deserted his comrades in Mozambique at the height of the liberation struggle to enjoy life with his then wife-to-be, Laurinda.
- Chronicle
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