God's call to end Ndebele and Shona hostility

I want to address this issue because the Lord has always put it in my heart for a long time, but l have always avoided it because l thought it was too sensitive and perhaps divisive such that it will put me at a bad light with some of my friends.

However as of today, l do not care what anyone would think or say about me. lf l had to die without writing this l would have let my Lord down.

Here we go. Why do some Ndebeles hate Shona people? Is it because they are the ruling tribe in Zimbabwe? Is it borne from political disturbances of the past or there are some other reasons? What happened to patriotism? Why do Shona people find it useless to learn Ndebele even if they have lived or are living in Matabeleland for the rest of their lives? Is it because they still believe this is the language of vagabonds who were dumped by Mzilikazi in present day Zimbabwe or it is because the learning of this language is not important at all, given that the majority tribe in Zimbabwe is Shona?

Well as you can see, l can go on and on asking these questions and never get any objective answers. This is a big social and political problem that we have had in Zimbabwe since 1980. The government ignored it so did the Church.

l would like to challenge any minister of God today to challenge this disease where ever you are, whether you are Shona or Ndebele. We are all God's children, yes there are things that we did badly towards one another in the past, but let us not allow those things to hold us back and haunt our future and destiny.

Let us change those bad habits that have made us not to relate well with each other. This cold war tribal hostility must stop so that our land is totally healed of such retrogressive attitudes. lf you are a Christian and you are part of this bandwagon, you are straightaway heading to hell.

There is neither Shona nor Ndebele in Heaven, but there are children of a mighty God who have been washed by the blood of the Lamb, sacrificed on the Cross of Calvary. No matter how sensitive it is, when it is ungodly speak against it, do not be silent, speak ceaselessly, until his will prevails in the hearts of many.

The deep seated mistrust, hostility and hatred between the Ndebele and Shona due to their historical and political indifference must stop, and never rise again in any of our social discourse.

Sikhulile Tjinjika Nyathi writes in his own capacity and this article is extracted from his Facebook update.