- Enos Nkala
Enos Nkala is one of the founders of the
Zimbabwe African National Union . During the war, he served on the ZANU high command, or Dare reChimurenga. He was detained by the Rhodesian government at Gonakudzingwa. [Martin, D. and Johnson, P. 1981. [http://www.amazon.com/dp/0571110665 The Struggle for Zimbabwe] . Faber & Faber.]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 ofNdebele people.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 inBulawayo on26 February 1998 , Nkala, who was one of the guest speakers alongsideJoseph Msika (National Chairman of ZANU-PF), repeatedly denied any involvement and responsibility in the Gukurahundi genocide.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. [ [http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9502EFD71038F933A15752C1A963948260 Zimbabwe rejects charges that detainees are tortured] "NY Times"]2008 election
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April 21 2008 , following the March 2008 presidential election, Nkala urged his "colleagues to let President Mugabe retire with dignity". [Kitsepile Nyathi, [http://www.nationmedia.com/dailynation/nmgcontententry.asp?category_id=66&newsid=121600 "Mugabe party’s founder shocked as country hurtles to abyss"] , "Nation Media", April 21, 2008.]References
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