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Ncube denies calling Tsvangirai uneducated, insist "we need people with intellectual capacity"
19 Sep 2011 at 15:02hrs | Views
MDC-N leader Prof Welshman Ncube has responded to claims by the media that he called Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai uneducated.
Below is the original Facebook post by Welshman Ncube.
I heard today that I was quoted as having called the Prime Minister Tsvangirai names and having said that he was uneducated.
For the record, during a rally over the weekend I quoted a statement made by a number of business people that I had met with at Mzinyathini during the week. These business people who were formerly detained by Rhodesians said that when the Nationalists met to plan and fight colonialism, they realised and decided that they needed to find leaders from amongst them with the intellectual and technical capacity to take on the colonialists and bring about freedom for Zimbabweans.
I then said that is not ironic then that if Zimbabwe Nationalists understood that the challenges ahead would require capacity to lead and an understanding of the complexities of economics and governance. How much more do we today, given the much more complex environment, require a team of leaders with huge capacity?
At no point did i mention President Mugabe or Prime Minister Tsvangirai or anyone else. At no point did i call anyone names.
My point, however, remains that we need people with the intellectual and technical capacity to take us forward as a country. And if the people who wrote the article then decided to fit the shoe that fits to whomsoever then that is another matter altogether.
If you want to fly from Harare to Bulawayo, as much as you may have someone who is popular but only has the ability to ride bicycles, their popularity will not help them to fly that plane. You need someone with the capacity to fly planes. That is my point and that of the nationalists that I quoted and on that i stand by my words knowing the validity in them.
May I add off course that capacity does not mean a certain level of education though that sometimes helps. What we need in Zimbabwe is men and women with the capacity, integrity, honesty, consistency and the will to take us to a free, fair and prosperous Zimbabwe. I do believe Zimbabwe is not lacking in such men and women. Change will come as they take their roles in all sectors of our country to build a better Zimbabwe for future generations
I heard today that I was quoted as having called the Prime Minister Tsvangirai names and having said that he was uneducated.
For the record, during a rally over the weekend I quoted a statement made by a number of business people that I had met with at Mzinyathini during the week. These business people who were formerly detained by Rhodesians said that when the Nationalists met to plan and fight colonialism, they realised and decided that they needed to find leaders from amongst them with the intellectual and technical capacity to take on the colonialists and bring about freedom for Zimbabweans.
I then said that is not ironic then that if Zimbabwe Nationalists understood that the challenges ahead would require capacity to lead and an understanding of the complexities of economics and governance. How much more do we today, given the much more complex environment, require a team of leaders with huge capacity?
At no point did i mention President Mugabe or Prime Minister Tsvangirai or anyone else. At no point did i call anyone names.
My point, however, remains that we need people with the intellectual and technical capacity to take us forward as a country. And if the people who wrote the article then decided to fit the shoe that fits to whomsoever then that is another matter altogether.
If you want to fly from Harare to Bulawayo, as much as you may have someone who is popular but only has the ability to ride bicycles, their popularity will not help them to fly that plane. You need someone with the capacity to fly planes. That is my point and that of the nationalists that I quoted and on that i stand by my words knowing the validity in them.
May I add off course that capacity does not mean a certain level of education though that sometimes helps. What we need in Zimbabwe is men and women with the capacity, integrity, honesty, consistency and the will to take us to a free, fair and prosperous Zimbabwe. I do believe Zimbabwe is not lacking in such men and women. Change will come as they take their roles in all sectors of our country to build a better Zimbabwe for future generations
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