Gukurahundi Genocide Petition

Gukurahundi Genocide: Tragic Subject - Petition to the Prime Minister!

On Thursday 5th December 2024 we revisited the topic of the Gukurahundi Genocide, having previously done so on Thursday 19 July 2018 {CLICK FOR THE 2018 Petition} to the then Prime Minister Theresa May {CLICK FOR ARTICLE}- again in partnership with ZAPU members - who were the main "targets" of this heinous campaign. Ostensibly started in 1982 with the dismissal of Joshua Nkomo - from the fledgling Zimbabwe Government, upon the order of Robert Mugabe.

This time around, we congregated outside the newly "secured" Zimbabwe Embassy - they have got some grim looking metal security gated fabrications at the side and front entrances - to make the Embassy even less friendly or appealing to the Zimbabwean Diaspora - security concerns or Guilt? - we have to ask why these new gates - {photo on Flickr - click to see for yourself SIDE DOOR - 429 CORNER DOOR }.

True to form the guilty inside locked their doors - simply as we were there. Indeed they sent out a CIO to sit in his new BMW X6 to "observe us" - so we took their photos too - again on our Flickr Album of the day. {CLICK HERE TO SEE THE DAYS PHOTO ALBUM} Please note that due to technical constraints, the videos recorded today will take some considerable time to be 'compressed' in order to be displayed upon our Flickr Platform - so expect videos to be appearing by the weekend please.

We took some more photos with our "Zanu PF Must Go" banner and by 13:30 we sidled off towards Trafalgar Square and onto Whitehall. by 13:45 we were arranged opposite Downing Street - under the gaze of "Monty" at his commemorative statue. By the time we have said our hellos to the new supporters opposite Downing Street it was time to present our band of 6 petitioners to the Diplomatic Police Unit in control of Downing Street. Ronald T Mutumbi, was due to be the Organiser of the 6 of us today - but had unexpected problems with travel on the day - such a pity.

So we 6 lined up at the solid security gates {making the Zimbabwean Embassy gates looking a little flimsy!} at the entrance to Downing Street. Our Police Diplomatic Unit Escort - was a friendly as any tourist guide - calling us in by our first names! As some may know within those gates we have to go through Air Port Quality X-Ray machines to check all our bags, mobile phones or any metal objects.

After that we were led to the door of number 10 and the impressive new Christmas tree that arrived a few days ago - and with Keir Starmer switching on the lights on MONDAY 2nd December 2024 {see government announcement - particularly dull} - and the SKY news coverage Our Police Escort {and tour-guide} pointed out that many of the decorations on the Christmas Tree were various aspects of London - from the Big Ben Tower to a Red Letter Box.

We took lots of photos and the Police Escort also took a few with our cameras. Then we did a short video of handing over the 15 page written evidence based petition {CLICK HERE TO READ or DOWNLOAD a COPY} - itself containing a strong line of reasoning and necessary recommendations by ZAPU President Michael S Nkomo - son of Joshua Nkomo. We thank him for his insight and razor sharp reasoning in highlighting the gross deficiencies displayed by the current Zanu PF regime - in NOT dealing with the National grief and need for real Justice for this Genocide.

The petition took evidence from a wide range of historical sources, such as the Genocide Scholars, The Catholic Bishops, Dr Hazel Cameron, Dr Stuart Doran, the BBC and others. In additional recent testimonies from several key individuals who were on the ground at the time too.

It should also be noted that copies of the Petition are to be e-mailed or posted to {amongst others} the Commonwealth Secretariat, The UN OHCHR, The FCDO Zimbabwe Desk and the Minister for Africa. We trust that the eleven recommendations contained within the Petition will be acknowledged and implemented as soon as practicable.

For now we leave you to consider the Petition, read it carefully and to see what can be done to drag the regime to the ICC or similar!

Those who attended are listed here: Thank you to CCC Southend - Stanford Biti and CCC Leicester - Dickson Chikwizo for their Twitter support