Enos Nkala is one of the founders of the Zimbabwe African National Union. During the war, he served on the ZANU high command, or Dare reChimurenga. He was detained by the Rhodesian government at Gonakudzingwa. Following independence in 1980, he served as the Minister of Finance, National Supplies, Home Affairs and Defence. As Defence Minister he was involved in the notorious Gukurahundi massacre of Ndebele people. He has stated he regrets his involvement in the Gukurahundi.

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  • Enos Nkala is one of the founders of the Zimbabwe African National Union. During the war, he served on the ZANU high command, or Dare reChimurenga. He was detained by the Rhodesian government at Gonakudzingwa. Following independence in 1980, he served as the Minister of Finance, National Supplies, Home Affairs and Defence. As Defence Minister he was involved in the notorious Gukurahundi massacre of Ndebele people. He has stated he regrets his involvement in the Gukurahundi. He says that if he had the chance he would never do it again. Not only does he describe his involvement as "eternal hell," but publicly blamed Robert Mugabe for having ordered it. At the Imbovane YaMhlabezulu meeting held in Bulawayo on 26 February 1998, Nkala, who was one of the guest speakers alongside Joseph Msika (National Chairman of ZANU-PF), repeatedly denied any involvement and responsibility in the Gukurahundi genocide. While serving as Zimbabwe's Home Affairs Minister Nkala rejected allegations by Amnesty International, the London-based human rights organization, who had reported beatings, electric shocks and other torture at Government detention camps after the general election in Zimbabwe in July 2006. Nkala claims to have written a book chronicling all that has happened in ZANU PF since its formation, including the Gukurahundi Massacres and the assassinations of several high profile politicians using car accidents. He blames the death of liberation war heroes Josiah Tongogara and Herbert Chitepo and others on Robert Mugabe.
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  • Enos Nkala is one of the founders of the Zimbabwe African National Union. During the war, he served on the ZANU high command, or Dare reChimurenga. He was detained by the Rhodesian government at Gonakudzingwa. Following independence in 1980, he served as the Minister of Finance, National Supplies, Home Affairs and Defence. As Defence Minister he was involved in the notorious Gukurahundi massacre of Ndebele people. He has stated he regrets his involvement in the Gukurahundi.
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  • Enos Nkala
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