News Day Zimbabwe has recalled the threats which were made by ZANU PF and Chegutu West legislator, Dextor Nduna to Norton legislator Themba Mliswa (Independent) during a sitting of the Mines Portfolio Committee.
Nduna and Mliswa were involved in a verbal exchange during a parliamentary committee hearing on 31 January 2019 with Mliswa repeatedly calling Nduna a thief. Nduna then said:
Don’t call me a thief, I am saying this for the last time, don’t call me a thief, I have people who I killed who I don’t even know.
Nduna, however, apologised on February 12, 2019, in Parliament for his remarks. He said:
I want to profusely apologise for the words I uttered and say that I did not mean anything that I said and I take back my words and want to apologise so that the decorum of Parliament can be appraised. I apologise to the Speaker as chairperson of the Standing Rules and Orders Committee, the institution of Parliament, MPs and my party Zanu PF for the fracas which had unintended effect.
In other jurisdictions, Nduna’s remarks could have earned him an arrest or at least could have led to police investigations since they are regarded as a testimony to committing murder.
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