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Politicians urged to emulate Gogo MaDube
20 Jun 2016 at 07:04hrs | Views
THE late Vice President John Landa Nkomo's mother Gogo Macitshi Dube Nkomo was buried yesterday at her rural home in Tsholotsho. Gogo MaDube Nkomo (112) died on Tuesday at her family home in Bulawayo's Famona suburb after succumbing to complications related to old age. Yesterday scores of people including politicians from different parties, gathered at her family homestead to pay their last respects to a woman described as a heroine who remained humble even though she was a mother to a vice president of the country.
Zanu-PF stalwarts from Matabeleland region such as Cdes Kembo Mohadi, his wife Tambudzani, Angelina Masuku, Sithokozile Mathuthu, Nomthandazo Eunice Moyo, Cain Mathema and Obert Mpofu among others converged at Tsholotsho Bhule 1 village where Gogo MaDube was buried.
People Democratic Party's deputy president Mr Samuel Sipepa Nkomo and his wife Roseline were also among the mourners. Mr Sipepa Nkomo and the late VP were brothers. Speakers praised Gogo MaDube for her humility and faith in God saying her faith is what carried her to such an advanced age.
Zanu-PF Politburo Secretary for Finance Dr Mpofu said Gogo MaDube was favoured by God to live for over a century. He said politicians also need God's grace like the late heroine, as most of them might not live to even two-thirds of her life.
"If you see after someone's death politicians from across the political divide coming together to bury them, it means the person is a true heroine. UGogo was a national heroine as people from all over the country have come to bury her," said Dr Mpofu.
He said politicians needed to emulate Gogo MaDube's lifestyle as through discipline people can achieve what she did. "Pastors need to preach to us politicians because we are the ones who thrive on people's disunity. Gogo MaDube managed to raise a hero who promoted national unity," he said.
Matabeleland North Minister of Provincial Affairs Mathema challenged the John Landa Nkomo Trust to publish a book about Gogo MaDube saying her life was a reflection of a number of phases in the country's history.
"She was born in 1904, 11 years after the whites settled in Zimbabwe. I'll challenge the trust to write a book about her experiences. A research into her life will show how the blacks were treated by the whites during the colonial period and how it led to the liberation struggle and independence," he said.
Gogo MaDube's grandson Jabulani Nkomo said the John Landa Nkomo Trust took care of his grandmother. "The trust's duties are to ensure that my father's dreams are carried forward. Part of the dream was to ensure that his mother lives a good life. He always emphasised his love for her and I believe even at Politburo level they know about this," said Nkomo.
Tsholotsho South MP Zenzo Sibanda said Gogo MaDube's death should not be mourned at it was a commemoration of the late VP's life.
Gogo MaDube is survived by six children, about 152 grandchildren and great grandchildren.
Zanu-PF stalwarts from Matabeleland region such as Cdes Kembo Mohadi, his wife Tambudzani, Angelina Masuku, Sithokozile Mathuthu, Nomthandazo Eunice Moyo, Cain Mathema and Obert Mpofu among others converged at Tsholotsho Bhule 1 village where Gogo MaDube was buried.
People Democratic Party's deputy president Mr Samuel Sipepa Nkomo and his wife Roseline were also among the mourners. Mr Sipepa Nkomo and the late VP were brothers. Speakers praised Gogo MaDube for her humility and faith in God saying her faith is what carried her to such an advanced age.
Zanu-PF Politburo Secretary for Finance Dr Mpofu said Gogo MaDube was favoured by God to live for over a century. He said politicians also need God's grace like the late heroine, as most of them might not live to even two-thirds of her life.
"If you see after someone's death politicians from across the political divide coming together to bury them, it means the person is a true heroine. UGogo was a national heroine as people from all over the country have come to bury her," said Dr Mpofu.
He said politicians needed to emulate Gogo MaDube's lifestyle as through discipline people can achieve what she did. "Pastors need to preach to us politicians because we are the ones who thrive on people's disunity. Gogo MaDube managed to raise a hero who promoted national unity," he said.
Matabeleland North Minister of Provincial Affairs Mathema challenged the John Landa Nkomo Trust to publish a book about Gogo MaDube saying her life was a reflection of a number of phases in the country's history.
"She was born in 1904, 11 years after the whites settled in Zimbabwe. I'll challenge the trust to write a book about her experiences. A research into her life will show how the blacks were treated by the whites during the colonial period and how it led to the liberation struggle and independence," he said.
Gogo MaDube's grandson Jabulani Nkomo said the John Landa Nkomo Trust took care of his grandmother. "The trust's duties are to ensure that my father's dreams are carried forward. Part of the dream was to ensure that his mother lives a good life. He always emphasised his love for her and I believe even at Politburo level they know about this," said Nkomo.
Tsholotsho South MP Zenzo Sibanda said Gogo MaDube's death should not be mourned at it was a commemoration of the late VP's life.
Gogo MaDube is survived by six children, about 152 grandchildren and great grandchildren.
Source - chronicle
