Victims relive Zimbabwe massacres that taint new leader More than three decades after Zimbabwe's Gukurahundi massacre, its ghosts are coming back to haunt newly-appointed Zimbabwean President Emmerson Mnangagwa. The word "Gukurahundi" loosely translates to "the early rain which washes away the chaff". As the minister of state security in the early 80's under Robert Mugabe he is described by historians as one of the architects of the killings that claimed the lives of about 20,000 Zimbabweans. Mnangagwa denies any involvement and has refused to apologise. A voiced version of an AFPTV report