New "Ndebele King" declares Unity Accord null and void

Speaking at the unveiling of a new Mthwakazi flag at Bulawayo’s Large City Hall on Saturday, self imposed new Ndebele King Stanley Tshuma said that the Unity Accord signed on November 22, 1987 between President Robert Mugabe and the late Vice-President Joshua Nkomo to end the Gukurahundi massacres is null and void.

Said Tshuma:

Mthwakazi is a kingdom, not a republic. All agreements to incorporate it into Mashonaland are null and void. King Mzilikazi never signed such an agreement, King Lobengula never did, and I, Mzilikazi II, never signed any agreement. So I will never observe any of those agreements. You will hear people saying those who swallowed us swallowed poison. What poison? You are the ones who are dying and suffering while those who swallowed you still live.

Tshuma also announced that September 12 as the day of his coronation. When contacted for a comment on the issue by NewsDay, Zanu PF national spokesperson Simon Khaya Moyo declined.

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