Joshua Nkomo was Sotho and not Kalanga

The family of the late Father Zimbabwe Joshua Mqabuko Nkomo yesterday called the NewsDay's bluff saying the veteran nationalist and national hero was a Sotho, contrary to falsehoods published in the paper that he was of Kalanga descent as it sought to whip updisaffection over President Mugabe's comments on colonial stereotypes about Kalangas.  

Reacting to the infantile campaign, Nkomo family member and director of the Bulawayo-based pressure group Habakkuk Trust, Dumisani Octavius Nyongolo Nkomo, who has done extensive research on the origin of the family dismissed the NewsDay story as "blatant falsehoods."

Writing on his Facebook Wall, Nkomo said: "Get it right - Mugabe's comments on Kalangas lamentable and should be condemned but let's get right today's NewsDay says Joshua Nkomo was a Kalanga that is blatantly false he was a Sotho of Kololo descent our emotionalism should not compromise our grasp of facts. Nkomo said before immediately coming under attack from MDC-T supporters who claimed it was inconvenient for him to correct the NewsDay story at this stage with one Sihlangu Dlodlo saying  Nkomo should "allow people to use whatever weapon to fight this war", including blatant falsehoods.

Information, Media and Broadcasting Services Minister Professor Jonathan Moyo expressed concern at the NewsDay's blatant falsehoods.