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Group declares 1 July a public holiday in honour of Dr Joshua Nkomo

2013 May 16 | 4026 Views

Matojeni Cultural Society "Isifiso Sikazulu" has openly declared the 1st of July, without government's consent, a public holiday in honour of Dr Joshua Mqabuko Nkomo who died on July 1 1999.The society propose to name the holiday "Joshua Nkomo and Liberators' Day".This comes after non response to...

by Ndou Paul

Mugabe arrives in Bulawayo for Nkomo's memorial service

2013 May 12 | 3319 Views

President Robert Mugabe has arrived in Bulawayo ahead of the memorial service of the late Vice President Landa John Nkomo that will be held this Sunday at the Zimbabwe International Trade Fair (ZITF) grounds.Mugabe was met at the Joshua Mqabuko Nkomo International Airport by the Governor and Reside...

by Staff reporter

Teaching materials shortage hits JM Nkomo Polytechnic

2013 May 08 | 2952 Views

JOSHUA Mqabuko Nkomo Polytechnic, which introduced the teaching of minority languages in its curriculum this year, is facing a shortage of the teaching materials for the languages.In an interview on Friday, the lecturer-in-charge of local marginalised languages, Ms Maretha Dube said they were facin...

by Lorraine Phiri

John Nkomo succession could delay peace process

2013 April 08 | 1788 Views

Delays by Zanu-PF to replace the late Vice-President John Nkomo in the Organ on National Healing, Reconciliation and Integration could scuttle peace programmes such as the signing of the code of conduct ahead of the next elections. ONHRI co-minister Moses Mzila-Ndlovu, who is also the deputy secreta...

by Staff reporter

Sipepa Nkomo urges experts to attend water summit at ZITF

2013 April 05 | 1798 Views

Water Resources Minister Sipepa Nkomo has urged water experts to attend a planned water summit, which will be held on April 22 during the Zimbabwe International Trade Fair (ZITF).Speaking to delegates, who attended the two day Zimbabwe annual investment conference here and which ended Thursday, Nkom...

by Staff reporter

Joshua Mqabuko Nkomo Foundation to launch programmes

2013 March 27 | 1581 Views

THE Joshua Mqabuko Nkomo National Foundation will today launch its programmes for this year in a bid to perpetuate and preserve the legacy of the late Vice President Dr Joshua Nkomo.The launch, which is targeting school children, teachers and academics, will be held at Bulawayo Amphitheatre.In a sta...

by Staff reporter

Sipepa Nkomo hospitalised after eating fish

2013 March 22 | 3999 Views

PRIME MINISTER Dr Morgan Tsvangirai yesterday cancelled a tour of the Gwayi-Shangani dam in Matabeleland North after Water Resources Development minister Samuel Sipepa Nkomo was hospitalised.Announcing the cancellation of Tsvangirai's tour at around 1pm, permanent secretary in the ministry Ringson ...

by Staff reporter

Today in history - Britain may help Nkomo make peace

2013 March 14 | 4242 Views

This extract was published by the Welsh National newspaper (Western Mail) on Thursday [today] March 14 2013, forwarded to Bulawayo24 by our Columnist Ryton Dzimiri.Britain may help Nkomo make peaceWestern Mail - 14 March 1983 - BRITAIN may act as peacemaker between Zimbabwe Prime Minister Mr Rober...

by Moyo Roy

Police officers steal late John Nkomo's clothes

2013 February 25 | 4103 Views

Two police officers from the Police Protection Unit (PPU) were on Friday arrested for allegedly stealing property from the late Vice-President John Nkomo's residence in Worringham suburb in Bulawayo.The police officers, who are reportedly detained at the Hillside Police Station, Bulawayo, allegedly...

by Staff reporter

Sipepa-Nkomo hospitalised, few weeks after burying his brother

2013 February 13 | 4592 Views

Water Resources and Development minister Samuel Sipepa-Nkomo has been hospitalised at the Avenues Clinic from yet an unknown ailment.Nkomo was admitted at the upmarket hospital on Monday, which was his 69th birthday.Nkomo's wife Roslyn was at the Avenues Clinic yesterday monitoring her husband's hea...

by Staff reporter

'Zimbabwe poorer without John Nkomo'

2013 February 13 | 2724 Views

SENATE yesterday continued to pay tribute to the late Vice President John Nkomo as members of the Upper House across the political divide were united in lauding the legacy left by the national hero who died last month.Public Works Deputy Minister and non-constituency Senator Guy Georgias described t...

by Staff reporter

Late John Nkomo could be off EU sanctions list

2013 February 07 | 2562 Views

THE restrictive measures slapped on the elite in Zanu-PF come under review in a fortnight with the name of the late vice president John Nkomo likely to be struck-off the blacklist.A number of black-listed Zanu-PF officials seen as progressive during the past 12 months and those that have passed on c...

by Staff reporter

Zanu-PF speak on John Nkomo replacement

2013 January 24 | 3944 Views

PRESIDENT Mugabe may call for an emergency congress to elect a replacement for the late Vice President and national hero Dr Landa John Nkomo before the party's Sixth National People's Congress set for December next year. The Zanu-PF presidium made up of the President, two Vice-Presidents and n...

by Staff reporter

Revealed:- John Nkomo, Tsvangirai were very close friends

2013 January 22 | 4992 Views

THE late Vice-President John Landa Nkomo's son, Jabulani, yesterday revealed that his father and Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai were very close friends whose relationship dated back to the days when Nkomo was Labour minister while Tsvangirai was secretary-general of the Zimbabwe Congress of Trade...

by Staff reporter

Roy Bennett's remarks over John Nkomo are insensitive

2013 January 22 | 4500 Views

THE recent remarks by self-exiled MDC-T treasurer general Roy Bennett over the death of Vice-President Landa John Nkomo are insensitive and animalistic and expose the former farmer's bitterness towards Zanu-PF. The utterances he made over the messages of condolence mourning the late liberator, unif...

by Dosman Mangisi

Massive send-off for John Nkomo

2013 January 22 | 2307 Views

THOUSANDS of Zimbabweans and leaders from the Sadc region thronged the National Heroes Acre yesterday for the burial of Vice President Landa John Nkomo who died last Thursday after a long battle with cancer.He was 79.Sadc leaders who attended the burial include South African Deputy President Kgalema...

by Staff reporter

Mugabe buries another Nkomo, calls for peaceful elections

2013 January 21 | 5833 Views

Robert Mugabe has urged Zimbabweans to vote peacefully in the forthcoming referendum and harmonised elections.Addressing mourners at the National Heroes Acre, during the burial of the late Vice President Cde Landa John Nkomo, the President said this will be a good way to honour the late Comrade who...

by Staff reporter

Mugabe so shocked by Vice President John Nkomo's death

2013 January 21 | 4916 Views

President Robert Mugabe was so shocked by Vice President John Nkomo's death that he could not even stomach the courage to accompany the deceased body to Tsholotho and Bulawayo, Zanu PF national chairperson Simon Khaya Moyo said.Addressing about 600 people at the Large City Hall in Bulawayo yesterday...

by Staff reporter

Vice President John Landa Nkomo's body back in Harare

2013 January 20 | 3517 Views

The body of the late Vice President, Landa John Nkomo has arrived in Harare from Bulawayo.The body is being accompanied by family members and senior government officials.Arriving this Sunday evening at the Harare International Airport where it was met by cabinet ministers, government officials, rela...

by Staff Reporter

John Nkomo's body arrives in Bulawayo

2013 January 20 | 4845 Views

The body of the late Vice President, Landa John Nkomo has arrived in Bulawayo from his rural home in Tsholotsho.After arrival, the body, which is accompanied by family members and senior government officials, was taken to Nkomo's place of residence in Worringham where hundreds of people had gathere...

by Staff Reporter

ZUPA mourns VP J L Nkomo

2013 January 21 | 3282 Views

To: The Family of Vice President J L Nkomo and the Government of ZimbabweRE: Death of Vice President J L NkomoThe Zimbabwe Unemployed People's Association (ZUPA) which represents the interests of millions of unemployed and economically disadvantaged Zimbabweans is sad to learn of the passing on o...

by Thamsanqa Zhou / Innocent Ndibali

'Nkomo shaped Zimbabwe history,' says Zuma

2013 January 19 | 3242 Views

Zimbabwean vice-president John Nkomo will be remembered for the important role he played in shaping the course of Zimbabwe's history, South African president Jacob Zuma said on Friday."Our thoughts go out to the entire Nkomo family and the people of Zimbabwe," Zuma said in a statement, following the...

by Sapa

Nkomo's body to lie in state in Tsholotsho

2013 January 19 | 3216 Views

The body of the late Landa John Nkomo has left One Commando Funeral Parlour enroute Tsholotsho his rural home in Matabeleland North province where it will lie in state at his mother’s home.On Sunday, the body will be flown to Landa John Nkomo secondary school before being taken to White City stadi...

by Staff reporter

VP Nkomo to be buried at the National Heroes' Acre on Monday

2013 January 19 | 3588 Views

Vice President John Landa Nkomo (79) who passed away on Thursday after succumbing to cancer will be buried at the National Heroes' Acre on Monday. According to the programme announced by Zanu-PF national secretary for administration Cde Didymus Mutasa, VP Nkomo's body would be flown to his rural hom...

by Staff Reporter

Nkomo has been declared a national hero

2013 January 18 | 2580 Views

VICE President John Nkomo has been declared a national hero. Nkomo (79), who died of cancer on Thursday morning, will be buried at the National Heroes' Acre on Monday. Announcing thePolitburo decision to the Nkomo family at VP Nkomo's Milton Park residence in Harare yesterday, President Mugabe said...

by Staff Reporter

Dabengwa salutes Nkomo's personal decency despite political differences

2013 January 18 | 3567 Views

Following the death of the Vice-President of Zimbabwe, John Landa Nkomo on Thursday 17 January 2013, Dumiso Dabengwa the leader of Zapu has issued a statement of condolence.In the statement Dabengwa said: "... I wish to salute his personal decency even in the face of political differences, a qualit...

by Dumiso Dabengwa

Bennett accuse colleagues of 'telling lies' and 'stupidity' over Nkomo tributes

2013 January 18 | 3218 Views

ROY Bennett broke ranks with his MDC-T party on Thursday over tributes to the late Vice President John Nkomo, accusing colleagues of "telling lies" and "stupidity".MDC-T leader Morgan Tsvangirai described Nkomo as "an eminent nationalist, a liberation war icon and a committed patriot who will be sad...

by Staff reporter

MDC's condolonce message on the passing on of Vice President John Landa Nkomo

2013 January 18 | 3614 Views

The MDC has received with shock and sadness the passing on of Vice President John Landa Nkomo after a long battle with cancer, at the age of 79. The MDC values the contribution he made towards the creation of a stable and peaceful political environment in the country as co-Chairman of the National H...

by Nhlanhla Dube

VP Nkomo's son speaks of father's death

2013 January 18 | 5948 Views

Vice President John Nkomo's son, Jabulani says the Nkomo family is devastated by the death of their father whom he said was in a lot of pain."My father has rested. This time around it is not a rumour. He was in a lot of pain and died today [yesterday] at 12.05pm. For all this time he was recovering ...

by Staff Reporter

Mugabe announces John Nkomo's death

2013 January 18 | 9034 Views

President Robert Mugabe today described the late Vice President Landa John Nkomo as a pan-Africanist, liberator and nationalist.Nkomo died on Thursday at St Annes Hospital in Harare where he was receiving medical treatment.He was born on August 22, 1934 in Nyamandlovu, Matabeleland North.He attend...

by Staff Reporter

VP John Nkomo dies

2013 January 17 | 17194 Views

The Vice presedent of Zimbabwe, John Landa Nkomo has died, he passed on this afternoon around 12 noon a reliable source told Bulawayo24 News.VP Nkomo was 79 years old.Nkomo was rushed to St Annes hospital in Harare last night around 8 pm.Presidential spokesman George Charamba has confirm...

by Moyo Roy

'uMdala wethu's vision has been lost,' says son

2013 January 16 | 2836 Views

Sibangilizwe, son of the late Vice-President Joshua Mqabuko Nkomo, has called for the immediate replacement of board members appointed to run various projects set up to honour his father, describing them as "deadwood".In an interview on Monday, Sibangilizwe said the boards had done little to maintai...

by Staff reporter