Opinion / Columnist
ZAPU Europe Commemorates The Life of Its Leader (Joshua Mqabuko Nyongolo Nkomo)
15 Jun 2013 at 07:21hrs | Views
On the 6th July 2013, ZAPU Europe will be hosting a commemoration Day For Dr Nkomo's passing on, there would be speeches, deep reflection, celebration and entertainment to remember and celebrate the life of the colossal and the paragon and the leader of the Zimbabwean liberation struggle.
Dr Joshua Mqabuko Nyongolo Nkomo was born on the 19th June 1917 and passed on the 1st July 1999. Nkomo was the leader and founder of the Zimbabwe African People's Union (ZAPU).
He was a trade-union leader, who became president of the banned National Democratic Party, and was jailed for ten years by Rhodesia's white minority government. When the Rhodesian government showed its recalcitrant and obduracy in negotiating a peaceful political settlement, Dr Joshua Nkomo decided to wage a military struggle against the white minority government. He became the Chief Commander of the ZIPRA forces, an army which started as a humble and poorly armed to one of the strongest and most sophisticated armies on the African continent. ZIPRA single handedly defeated the Rhodesia government.
Nkomo possessed rare leadership qualities, many believe that if Dr Nkomo had won the first elections which ushered in the independence; that Zimbabwe would never been what it turned out to be, it would have been one of the most prosperous, united and stable nations in the African continent if not the world.
Nkomo had many nicknames, including "Father Zimbabwe" and "Chibwechitedza" (the slippery rock).
All Zimbabweans are invited to this event of a life time, the invite is also extended to all friends of ZAPU and to those who respected and loved Dr Joshua Nkomo, the Zimbabwean President Zimbabwe never had.
VENUE: ST JOHNS'S CHURCH HALL
ST. JOHN'S LANE
GAINER STREET
NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE
NE1 5JG
TIME: 1300 HOURS - 2100 HOURS
DATE: 6TH JULY, 2013
APPROXIMATELY 2 MINUTES WALK FROM THE MAIN TRAIN STATION (CENTRAL STATION)
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION PLEASE CONTACT:
WASHINGTON SIBANDA - 07770475172
MLAMULI NKOMO - 07795177
ALPHAS NDHLOVU - 07828122996
Source - Thulani Nkala
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