Following independence in 1980 , he served as Minister of Finance until 1983 , when the portfolio was consolidated into Finance , Economic Planning and Development and handed over to senior minister Bernard Thomas Gibson Chidzero . Nkala moved sideways to become Minister of National Supplies until 1985 and Home Affairs and Defence after the 1985 election . As Defence Minister he was involved in the notorious Gukurahundi pogrom against the Northern Ndebele people , although he issued a number of conflicting statements on the nature of his involvement
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Enos Nkala