Posted by Botswana’s President Ian Khama has fired his Assistant Minister of Finance and Development Planning, Samson Moyo who is originally a Zimbabwean.
Moyo was reportedly dropped over incompetence,after being appointed in April this year,the development makes him the shortest serving minister in Khama’s cabinet. He was not immediately replaced.
Moyo who is Ndebele is the ruling Botswana Democratic Party Member of Parliament for Tate East his constituency covers the area alongside Botswana-Zimbabwe boarder and mostly consists of a mixture of Ndebele,Kalanga and Motswana tribes.
Moyo was appointed by President Khama in April this year and political analysts were quick to point out that the development puts a damper on the Zimbabwean government of Robert Mugabe’s accusation that the Botswana government is xenophobic against Zimbabweans.
Early this year Botswana President Ian Khama joked at a meeting of his party the BDP that Moyo should go to Zimbabwe to vote, “Kwa o tlholegang teng, go tlhopha ka March 29-where you originate to participate in the March 29 elections”. “Moyo ke Motebele o tshwanetse go ya kwa ga bone – Moyo is a Ndebele and has to go home.”
The outspoken MP a few years ago complained that his Ndebele language is not used on national radio and television,he was debating a Draft Botswana Broadcasting Policy in Parliament.
Botswana is regarded by most economists as one of Africa’s major success stories. The country’s economy was dependent almost entirely on livestock production until the 1970s, when it became an important exporter of diamonds and other minerals.
Then, the government adopted a conservative investment policy, actively sought foreign capital for investments in crop agriculture, tourism, and secondary industries. The rapid growth in diamond production helped Botswana achieve average high economic growth. The country has the highest economic growth rate in the world.
On the other hand Zimbabwe’s economy is in free fall with inflation of 231 million per cent, a shortage of most basic goods,a Cholera outbreak and looming mass malnutrition.
I was at that meeting and Moyo laughed the loudest. Moyo comes from a constituency whre Kalangas are a majority. Yes a Shona majority voted an Ndebele Minority. Only in Botswana my Friends. Kalangas are a majority in our Cabinet but a minority in the country and they originate from Zimbabwe. Trying to divide us wont work becoz our foreign affairs minister is in fact a shona(kalanga) and he knows how to keep all you all quite. Amazingly he does so by using facts that anyone can see while you use lies. Botswana has a population of about 1.9million of course when the whole population of harare enters its borders they become a majority and that becomes a problem just like in any country. We are not the USA we cant support you forever. All we can do is talk and talk and if that is embarassing you do something yourselves. There are two sides to a coin those who are benefitting support Mugabe whole heartedly and those who are hurting dont. The question is who are the majority. And in Botswana Majority wins which is the basis of democracy.
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