Tsholotsho still like Lobengula days, says Jonathan Moyo

Information minister Jonathan Moyo has claimed life in Tsholotsho has not changed since Ndebele monarch King Lobengula's days in an unwitting and damning indictment on President Robert Mugabe's government.

Mugabe's government after 35 years in power is still accused of marginalising Matabeleland provinces.

"It's as striking as it is disquieting that for most in Tsholotsho life today is just like it was in King Lobengula's days," he wrote on micro-blogging site, Twitter, which he has used inexhaustibly to update on his election campaign.

Moyo seemed to concede that the issues bedevilling Tsholotsho were historical and structural, saying despite having represented the constituency before, he could not do much as he was an independent and was outside government then.

Tsholotsho is one of the poorest provinces in the country and suffered the brunt of Gukurahundi.