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Dabengwa attacks Jonathan Moyo over tribalist Mugabe
05 May 2015 at 09:53hrs | Views
Zapu leader Dumiso Dabengwa yesterday attacked Information Jonathan Moyo for allegedly attempting to cover up and defend President Robert Mugabe's recent Kalanga tribal jibe.
Information minister Moyo was yesterday quoted in the State media downplaying Mugabe's statements and blaming what he called the colonial past stereotype narratives that people of Matabeleland were fond of trekking down to neighbouring countries for jobs.
In a statement, Dabengwa said Mugabe's attack on Kalangas from Matabeleland South province whom he labelled "uneducated criminals" reflected the 91-year-old Zanu-PF leader's tribalistic mentality.
"Some Zanu apologists have tried to cover up his grotesque insult on Kalangas as uneducated people most of who are involved in crime in South Africa," Dabengwa said.
"The insults aimed at Kalangas and other people in Matabeleland reflect the tribalist mentality that explains the 'Gukurahundi' genocidal campaign of the 1980s in which more than 20 000 people lost their lives in Matabeleland and Ndebele-speaking parts of the Midlands.
"This selective punch is also a shallow diversion from the national mismanagement of the economy that has resulted in widespread unemployment that reflects young people of all tribes and races in all corners of the country."
Information minister Moyo was yesterday quoted in the State media downplaying Mugabe's statements and blaming what he called the colonial past stereotype narratives that people of Matabeleland were fond of trekking down to neighbouring countries for jobs.
In a statement, Dabengwa said Mugabe's attack on Kalangas from Matabeleland South province whom he labelled "uneducated criminals" reflected the 91-year-old Zanu-PF leader's tribalistic mentality.
"Some Zanu apologists have tried to cover up his grotesque insult on Kalangas as uneducated people most of who are involved in crime in South Africa," Dabengwa said.
"The insults aimed at Kalangas and other people in Matabeleland reflect the tribalist mentality that explains the 'Gukurahundi' genocidal campaign of the 1980s in which more than 20 000 people lost their lives in Matabeleland and Ndebele-speaking parts of the Midlands.
"This selective punch is also a shallow diversion from the national mismanagement of the economy that has resulted in widespread unemployment that reflects young people of all tribes and races in all corners of the country."
Source - newsday
