Enos Nkala is one of the founders of the Zimbabwe African National Union. The Zimbabwe African National Union was a militant organization that fought against White minority rule in Rhodesia, formed as a split from the Zimbabwe African During the war, he served on the ZANU high command, or Dare reChimurenga. The Rhodesian Bush War, also known as the Second Chimurenga or the Zimbabwe Liberation Struggle, was a war which lasted from July 1964 to 1979 and He was detained by the Rhodesian government at Gonakudzingwa. [1]
Following independence in 1980, he served as the Minister of Finance, National Supplies, Home Affairs and Defence. As Defence Minister he was involved in the notorious Gukurahundi massacre of Ndebele people. The Gukurahundi ( Shona: "the early rain which washes away the Chaff before the spring rains" refers to an armed conflict between the Zimbabwe Government
He has stated he regrets his involvement in the Gukurahundi. He says that if he had the chance he would never do it again. Not only does he describe his involvement as "eternal hell," but publicly blamed Robert Mugabe for having ordered it. At the Imbovane YaMhlabezulu meeting held in Bulawayo on 26 February 1998, Nkala, who was one of the guest speakers alongside Joseph Msika (National Chairman of ZANU-PF), repeatedly denied any involvement and responsibility in the Gukurahundi genocide. Bulawayo is the second largest city in Zimbabwe, after the capital Harare, with a population of 676000 (UN Humanitarian Co-ordinator Zimbabwe 2005 now estimated Events 747 BC - Epoch (origin of Ptolemy 's Nabonassar Era 364 - Valentinian I is proclaimed Year 1998 ( MCMXCVIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1998 Gregorian calendar) Joseph Msika (born December 6 1923) has served as Vice President of Zimbabwe since 23 December 1999.
While serving as Zimbabwe's Home Affairs Minister Nkala rejected allegations by Amnesty International, the London-based human rights organization, who had reported beatings, electric shocks and other torture at Government detention camps after the general election in Zimbabwe in July 2006. Amnesty International (commonly known as Amnesty or AI) is a Western based international Non-governmental organization which defines its mission as "to [2]
2008 election
On April 21, 2008, following the March 2008 presidential election, Nkala urged his "colleagues to let President Mugabe retire with dignity". Events 753 BC - Romulus and Remus found Rome ( traditional date) 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common The Republic of Zimbabwe held a presidential election along with a parliamentary election on March 29, 2008. [3]
References
- ^ Martin, D. and Johnson, P. 1981. The Struggle for Zimbabwe. Faber & Faber.
- ^ Zimbabwe rejects charges that detainees are tortured NY Times
- ^ Kitsepile Nyathi, "Mugabe party’s founder shocked as country hurtles to abyss", Nation Media, April 21, 2008.
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