By Farai D Hove| President Emmerson Mnangagwa has responded to questions on the recent firing of nurses.

More than 15,000 nurses were sent home as punishment for striking over their unpaid allowances and poor working conditions. Up to the time of the strike, the employer, Mnangagwa’s government, had dodged paying their allowances for several years.

To add salt to injury, Mnangagwa later came out to declare that he taught the nurses a lesson that, “this country has its rulers and your cannot defy them”

Speaking via video on Wednesday, Mnangagwa refused to apologise as demanded by members of the public who felt the ruling party caused the death of many people by squandering millions of dollars importing brand new cars for mere election campaigning at a time the ZANU PF run state was failing to pay nurses.

Mnangagwa speaking in response, claimed that nurses had become politicised.

Speaking in response, Mnangagwa replied complaints from one Zimbabwean saying, “thank you everyone for all your comments and questions. I enjoy hearing from you and I am doing my best to answer you, both those who agree with me and those who do not. In the new Zimbabwe, all views are welcome and everyone is free to speak their mind.

See my answer to Matt’s question:

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