Joshua Nkomo's son bemoans abuse of father's name

SIBANGILIZWE Nkomo, the son of the late veteran nationalist and Vice-President Joshua Mqabuko Nkomo, yesterday accused the government led by Zanu PF and PF Zanu, a party founded by his father, of abusing his father's name and failing to safeguard his legacy.

Sibangilizwe charged that the continued abuse of his father's name and neglect of infrastructure associated with the nationalist mirrors the decay in national leadership adding that it was disheartening that Nkomo's name continues to be abused.

"It's really sad that my father's name continues to be abused by several people, even in government," he was quoted by an Alpha Media publication today.

"But broadly speaking, the neglect of the Victoria Falls exhibition material is a broader reflection of lack of administrative acumen by the current crop of leadership."

Sibangilizwe said State companies and national infrastructure were collapsing because wrong people were in charge.

"I was not even aware that there was such an exhibition in Victoria Falls," he said.

"It is disgusting that material associated with a person whom the country, through its leadership, calls Father Zimbabwe, can be allowed to decay in that manner. What message is being portrayed about Nkomo?"

Analysts say the neglect is evidence that Nkomo's name and history are only invoked when Zanu PF politicians conveniently want something, with the late vice-president's legacy completely ignored when the officials would have achieved the desired results.