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Ndebeles are lazy - Enos Nkala
01 Jun 2012 at 06:32hrs | Views
Zimbabwe's first Minister of Finance, Enos Nkala (80) has rubbished the view that Matabeleland was marginalised. Nkala has launched another tirade on people of Matabeleland, branding them "lazy people" who fail to control their destiny but often waste time complaining about Gukurahundi.
"If we as Ndebeles are lazy and not grabbing things as others are, whose fault is it? If we do not want to empower ourselves, we cannot go around blaming others," said Nkala.
He said people from the region should wake up from their slumber and start doing things for themselves.
"It's nonsense to say the people's spirits were broken by Gukurahundi. Let's just get out of our blankets and work. When we talk of devolution, we are talking about redistributing power. Who in Matabeleland can be said to be ready to take up that power? I say we should think carefully about this issue, otherwise we might create more problems for ourselves," he said.
Nkala said he was bitter about the way he was forced to leave politics in 1989.
"I had to resign in anger over the so-called Willowgate scandal. I still maintain that there is nothing wrong with buying a car and selling it for a little profit. That is business. Like a proud Ndebele, I felt wounded ukuthi ngiyethonisiswa ngokungabafana okuncane engakukhululayo ngempi (I could not wait to be tried by small boys that I liberated)," said Cde Nkala, who said he was proud that Zanu-PF was formed at his house, 4449 in Highfield, Harare.
He said he was so hurt that he resigned from being Minister of Defence, abandoned Zanu-PF and relinquished his post of treasurer-general that he had held since the party's formation.
"If we as Ndebeles are lazy and not grabbing things as others are, whose fault is it? If we do not want to empower ourselves, we cannot go around blaming others," said Nkala.
He said people from the region should wake up from their slumber and start doing things for themselves.
"It's nonsense to say the people's spirits were broken by Gukurahundi. Let's just get out of our blankets and work. When we talk of devolution, we are talking about redistributing power. Who in Matabeleland can be said to be ready to take up that power? I say we should think carefully about this issue, otherwise we might create more problems for ourselves," he said.
Nkala said he was bitter about the way he was forced to leave politics in 1989.
"I had to resign in anger over the so-called Willowgate scandal. I still maintain that there is nothing wrong with buying a car and selling it for a little profit. That is business. Like a proud Ndebele, I felt wounded ukuthi ngiyethonisiswa ngokungabafana okuncane engakukhululayo ngempi (I could not wait to be tried by small boys that I liberated)," said Cde Nkala, who said he was proud that Zanu-PF was formed at his house, 4449 in Highfield, Harare.
He said he was so hurt that he resigned from being Minister of Defence, abandoned Zanu-PF and relinquished his post of treasurer-general that he had held since the party's formation.
Source - TH
