{"id":1321,"date":"2023-11-03T15:54:46","date_gmt":"2023-11-03T15:54:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rohr-zimbabwe.org\/?p=1321"},"modified":"2023-11-03T15:55:36","modified_gmt":"2023-11-03T15:55:36","slug":"enforced-disappearance-of-fuleza-gibson-ndawana-sibanda-memory","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rohr-zimbabwe.org\/index.php\/2023\/11\/03\/enforced-disappearance-of-fuleza-gibson-ndawana-sibanda-memory\/","title":{"rendered":"ENFORCED DISAPPEARANCE OF FULEZA GIBSON &#8220;NDAWANA&#8221; SIBANDA MEMORY"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>3<sup>rd<\/sup> November 2023<\/p>\n<p>By Michelle Nokuthaba Mpofu.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/rohr-zimbabwe.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Fuleza-Gibson-Ndawana-Sibanda-Facebook-memory.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-1322\" src=\"https:\/\/rohr-zimbabwe.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Fuleza-Gibson-Ndawana-Sibanda-Facebook-memory.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"318\" height=\"846\" srcset=\"https:\/\/rohr-zimbabwe.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Fuleza-Gibson-Ndawana-Sibanda-Facebook-memory.jpg 318w, https:\/\/rohr-zimbabwe.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Fuleza-Gibson-Ndawana-Sibanda-Facebook-memory-113x300.jpg 113w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 318px) 100vw, 318px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Today, 3rd November 2023, marks the 38th year since the enforced disappearance of my maternal grandfather, Fuleza Gibson \u201cNdawana\u201d Sibanda.<\/p>\n<p>He disappeared at the hands of Zimbabwean state machinery at the height of the Gukurahundi genocide in Matabeleland in Zimbabwe.<\/p>\n<p>Fuleza Gibson \u201cNdawana\u201d Sibanda was abducted by four men, two of whom were in Police uniform and two in civilian attire on 3rd November 1985, at the Brethren in Christ Church in Mpopoma, Bulawayo, Zimbabwe.<\/p>\n<p>He was never to be seen again.<\/p>\n<p>This state-sponsored tragedy left a permanent scar on our family and\u00a0the\u00a0community.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m always in fear of the Zimbabwean State Machinery, hurting and forever in sorrow. There is no closure.<\/p>\n<p>For more details see <a href=\"https:\/\/rohrzimbabweblog.blogspot.com\/2023\/07\/the-enforced-disappearance-of-fuleza.html\">the article<\/a> via link below;-<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/rohrzimbabweblog.blogspot.com\/2023\/07\/the-enforced-disappearance-of-fuleza.html<\/p>\n<p><strong>About the author:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>Michelle Nokuthaba Mpofu is a human rights activist and the Information &amp; Publicity Secretary for the UK Chapter of Restoration of Human Rights (ROHR) Zimbabwe. She can be contacted via email <a href=\"mailto:michelle.mpofu@rohr-zimbabwe.org\">michelle.mpofu@rohr-zimbabwe.org<\/a> or michellempofu11@gmail.com<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>3rd November 2023 By Michelle Nokuthaba Mpofu. Today, 3rd November 2023, marks the 38th year since the enforced disappearance of my maternal grandfather, Fuleza Gibson \u201cNdawana\u201d Sibanda. He disappeared at the hands of Zimbabwean state machinery at the height of the Gukurahundi genocide in Matabeleland in Zimbabwe. Fuleza Gibson \u201cNdawana\u201d Sibanda was abducted by four [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":""},"categories":[9,1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/rohr-zimbabwe.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1321"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/rohr-zimbabwe.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/rohr-zimbabwe.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rohr-zimbabwe.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rohr-zimbabwe.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1321"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/rohr-zimbabwe.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1321\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1324,"href":"https:\/\/rohr-zimbabwe.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1321\/revisions\/1324"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/rohr-zimbabwe.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1321"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rohr-zimbabwe.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1321"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rohr-zimbabwe.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1321"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}