Tribal Fracas at TM PicknPay Bulawayo, as Ndebele workers are replaced by Shona speakers

TM PicknPay in Bulawayo is rocked by serious tribalism where a number of Ndebele speaking workers are reportedly continuously being replaced by Shona speakers, a victim of the dump has said.

The victim who asked to remain anonymous said when people from Bulawayo and surrounding environs complain of being victimized they are labelled all sorts of names and dismissed as being tribal while blatant tribal segregation is happening to them with impunity, everyday.

"The same old tribal song of segregation has like cancer begun to eat away all industries. TM hyper is chasing all workers employed by former branch manager replacing them with non Ndebele speaking people, while other smaller minorities are also victimised. Observe till operators being trained, where are the local people who speak multi-languages?,' he said.

"TM hyper management is openly exercising gross violation of human rights to subordinates with an intent to frustrate locals and replace them with Shona speaking employees as part of the Grand Plan.  Till operators are having to work long hours, nearly 14 hours without acknowledgement of overtime..at times with no lunch hour break. Abuse emanating from them being constantly reminded that there is high unemployment in Zimbabwe and they are the few lucky Ndebeles to be working otherwise they can as well follow their cousins to South Africa."

He said the situation is getting worse everyday and the place which once flourished as a local employer is clearly turning into a tribal tinderbox and joining the norm of companies operating operating in Bulawayo which have often been accused by Civil Society organizations and local stakeholders of practicing Tribal Segregation.

"Matabeleland and the World  must stand up to all this continuing genocide   it has gone on for far too long," he said.