Matabeleland locals should get first preferance in employment

Pressure groups in Bulawayo recently attacked the Bulawayo Provincial minister Eunice Sandi Moyo over her refusal to support proposals that locals be given first preference in employment and education opportunities.

Moyo, in response to a question posed to her, said she was not a tribalist and would not reserve jobs in Bulawayo for the people of Bulawayo but would give jobs to anyone with the right documentation.

Moyo had been asked by Movement for Democratic Change legislator Ruth Labode on how she intended to handle the issue of people from outside Bulawayo being employed in Bulawayo at the expense of the locals.

To some members of the society, the Minister’s remarks is a sign that Matabeleland locals are being sidelined in terms of employment thereby bringing home the  view that Matabeleland is indeed marginalised.

There has been a number of developments during the years that has led to many people from Matabeleland complaining that people from Mashonaland and other provinces  were coming to Matabeleland in a bid to take up employment opportunities there at the expense of locals.

However there are some politicians such as Obert Mpofu who had labelled Matabeleland people as  lazy and Qhubani Moyo who said they are  being cry babies.