A spate of new Xenophobia attack has gripped Harare with an operation targeting Nigerians. The operation code named "Oga go home" came about as a misintepretation and misrepresentation of the Economic Empowerment and Indegenisation bill of which some entrepreneurs mistook for an elimination of foreigners. This has seen several marketeers in Harare closing down shops owned by Nigerians an threatening them to go home.
A political analyst Prof Jonathan Moyo was yesterday quoted by the state media as saying that there is nothing wrong with having foreigners in Zimbabwe and also reminded the Zimbabweans of the 2009 South African Xenophobia attacks as they were and are still labelled as Makwerekwere especially in South Africa and Botswana.
Prof Moyo's statement seemed to be a contradiction to the next News item about the appointment of Telecel Zimbabwe Managing Director John Swaim. Swaim a Swedish national has got the Affirmative Action Group (AAG) up in arms arguing that there was no better Zimbabwean to take the same post.
Is it a matter of nationality or of qualification? all the law knows but I think serious public education has to be done so as to enlighten the public more on the indegenisation bill.
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| a crowded street in Harare |
lest we forget..
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