By Margaret Kamba 

ZANU PF First Secretary and President, His Excellency Cde E.D Mnangagwa has challenged the Ministry of Veterans of the Liberation Struggle Affairs to intensify the decent burials of the heroes and heroines of Zimbabwe.

This he said during the First National Assembly of the War Veterans League at the Party headquarters this week.

Numerous exhumations have been going on with the heroes and heroines of Zimbabwe guiding their relatives to the places where they lie. 

Such organizations as The Fallen Heroes Trust conduct exhumations along with the families of the deceased.

"I urge the Ministry of Veterans of the Liberation Struggle Affairs and other stakeholders to intensify the ongoing programme for the identification, exhumation and decent reburials of our veterans of the liberation struggle within and outside our borders. Affected families must find closure," he said.

"I direct the Ministry of the Veterans of the Liberation Struggle Affairs, which I deliberately established and the War Veterans Board, to quicken the implementation of interventions towards addressing the challenges affecting this special Constituency. As the lead Ministry and Institution administering key legislative functions about our veterans of the liberation struggle, you must be innovative, work harder and make strategic decisions to cater for the welfare and concerns of our veterans."