Affirmative Action Group’s National Vice President Sam Ncube has sparked outrage by accusing the region’s prospective business people of dwelling on what he termed “the old mind-set, which has stalled development”.
Bulawayo which had Zimbabwe’s flagging status of being the country’s industrial hub is currently in shreds.
Speaking at the conference organised by Save Matabeleland Coalition Beyond 2015 at a local hotel, Ncube told a packed conference room that the Bulawayo business community is to blame for their failures. “I would like to openly tell you today that you, people of Bulawayo and the entire Matabeleland are to blame for the failures of this region. You have been ignoring successful business proposals from Harare our only capital city, because you were saying it is a Shona thing.
Today you are in poverty because of your poor mind-set. Wake up and smell the coffee, because if you keep your dirty mind-sets misleading you, then you will die poor.”
His sentiments were echoed by Zwelibanzi Ndlovu, who is an international business researcher and transformer.
“Most of the Bulawayo business community and prospective business people have a tendency of blaming their failures on government without first changing their attitudes. Their attitude of being cry-babies is affecting their efforts to business,” said Ndlovu.
The theme of the conference which will end today after the official launching by Zimbabwe’s Minister of Economic Planning, Simon Khaya Moyo ‘understands the fundamental causes of declining economic development in Bulawayo.
The conference was officially opened by the Mayor of Bulawayo Councillor Martin Moyo, yesterday, while Simon Khaya Moyo will officially launch the project, Matabeleland Coalition Beyond 2015 today 10 July 2015.
Affirmative Action group’s Secretary General, Clement Malaba, also blamed the Bulawayo community for rushing to jump borders to South Africa and Botswana, instead of thriving to develop their own region.
“We must teach our children to have Bulawayo at heart, and also to desist from rushing to develop neighbouring countries at the expense of our local industries. We must learn to create business ideas that will develop us not foreign countries,” said Malaba.
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I agree with Ncube. People in Byo and Mat region in general, must desist from blaming everything on Harare. Matebeland is an arid region. It has its own suitable economic activities which can be exploited for development via positive thinking minds. Harare and Mash-lands have their own problems also. Looking at the current issue of controversial vendors does that show the Shona are doing well ? We also have collapsed industries.
You have a zanu mentally and obviously benefits as a sellout, of your people to the shonas. What nonsense are you talking about? You and the few ndebeles that have seen fit to sell their own, will dance to the music soon, if not sooner. We have already prepared the hottest chilly you can ever come across. Your ass will burn till eternity.