The Chronicle’s former editor, Geoff Nyarota, has sparked outrage for stubbornly referring to Vice President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s surname as Munangagwa.
The Vice President’s office on Thursday insisted the surname is Mnangagwa not the latter. The VP’s birth certificate, ID and passport confirm his name with the syllable “Mna.”
But since way back in 1983 and now 24 years later, obstinate Nyarota has continued calling the VP Munangagwa. This discussion continued into Thursday with Nyarota insisting he is in the right. “The syllable “mna” is non-existent in the Shona language,” Nyarota defended himself in response to criticism on the micro blogging website, Twitter.
He alleged that the latter is Rhodesian linguo.
However professional linguists argue that there is no language called Shona and the tag was only created by colonialists seeking to categorise tribes living in present day Zimbabwe.
Nyarota was challenged by a non-Shona Mduduzi Mathuthu who is the current Chronicle editor. He has continued to label the VP in this fashion.
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What has that to do with anything important? waste of time
What has that to do with anything important? waste of time
but who cares when a Gukurahundaire and a Gukurahundist quarrel …?? all we want to know is why they killed our people — Ndebeles or Mthwakazians?? Izxakaxaka zamanyala abo la we are not interested.
talk about the 400 000 Ndebeles you killed or helped kill….
but who cares when a Gukurahundaire and a Gukurahundist quarrel …?? all we want to know is why they killed our people — Ndebeles or Mthwakazians?? Izxakaxaka zamanyala abo la we are not interested.
talk about the 400 000 Ndebeles you killed or helped kill….