Zimbabwe: Higher Education Deputy Minister Fired for Stoking Tribalism

In a statement issued this Monday, Chief Secretary to the President and Cabinet, Martin Rushwaya said President Emmerson Mnangagwa had relieved Sibanda of his duties, without elaborating on reasons for the dismissal.

He is said to have interrogated an Early Childhood Development female teacher, Winnet Mharadze, about why she was teaching in Matabeleland when she has a Shona surname. "Fundamentally, Sibanda as a deputy minister must have professionally treated the teacher, rather than denigrating and dehumanising her in public. If the MP thought he had enough reasons to query the deployment of the teacher he could have raised the issue through his counterparts in the Ministry of Primary and Secondary Education.

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