In 1985 , he stood for ZAPU as a Glen View Candidate . This was done at the request of Joshua Nkomo himself . In 1999 , his Glen View house set on fire by the Zimbabwe African National Union - Patriotic Front thugs and he was chased away from Harare and sent packing to Bulawayo or risk execution . In 1987 . his eldest son Canan Mafa , a former Zimbabwe People 's Revolutionary Army ( ZIPRA ) guerrilla , was abducted by ZANU PF Fifth Brigrade and drowned in the Zambezi river . He became the most outspoken person against Gukurahundi and eventually founded Post Independence Survivors ' Trust , a pressure group to find justice against Gukurahundi perpetrators and healing for the victims
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Felix Magalela Mafa Sibanda