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The celebrated life and legacy of Joshua Mqabuko Nyongola Nkomo
12 Jun 2017 at 10:51hrs | Views
The life of Joshua Mqabuko Nyongola Nkomo ,the longest serving leader of the Zimbabwe African People's Union ( ZAPU) and widely known as " Father Zimbabwe' is still celebrated to this day and well after his death in July 1999. It is our strong belief that his life shall be celebrated for generations to come not for centuries, he is always be remembered.
The tireless lifelong serving, commitment and determination on successfully setting, leading and spearheading both political and armed struggle campaign against Zimbabwe's ( then Rhodesia) colonialist's who continued to perpetuate their racist and segregative apartheid system against country's black majority people
To succeed his quest for freedom of black majority people in the country, he decided to courageously approach for armed struggle
The military assistance of the Soviet Union and the Cubans led by Russia hence independence in 1980,Joshua Nkomo was in the true sense of the word a true Nationalist and natural non tribal leader , the reason why ZAPU has to this day solidly a multi-racial poli party In Zimbabwe.
Joshua Nkomo was naturally the most successful people's unifying leader Zimbabwe has ever had.He offered Zimbabweans equality of opportunities and economically in land ownership, its produces,goods,services and natural resources benefits without prejudice
He desired and aimed at the country's entire and economic development under the true and complete devolution system with complete devolved provincial powers
Thus we as ZAPU Youth Front ,we recognize and accept Joshua Nkomo as the true father of Zimbabwe's revolution and a real Pan-Africanist
To us JMN Nkomo left a durable and never ending legacy in founding (ZAPU) and its military wing ZIPRA without which Zimbabwe to this day would be still languishing under the colonialists rule,its unjust and inhuman laws or systems.
The tireless lifelong serving, commitment and determination on successfully setting, leading and spearheading both political and armed struggle campaign against Zimbabwe's ( then Rhodesia) colonialist's who continued to perpetuate their racist and segregative apartheid system against country's black majority people
To succeed his quest for freedom of black majority people in the country, he decided to courageously approach for armed struggle
The military assistance of the Soviet Union and the Cubans led by Russia hence independence in 1980,Joshua Nkomo was in the true sense of the word a true Nationalist and natural non tribal leader , the reason why ZAPU has to this day solidly a multi-racial poli party In Zimbabwe.
He desired and aimed at the country's entire and economic development under the true and complete devolution system with complete devolved provincial powers
Thus we as ZAPU Youth Front ,we recognize and accept Joshua Nkomo as the true father of Zimbabwe's revolution and a real Pan-Africanist
To us JMN Nkomo left a durable and never ending legacy in founding (ZAPU) and its military wing ZIPRA without which Zimbabwe to this day would be still languishing under the colonialists rule,its unjust and inhuman laws or systems.
Source - ZAPU Youth Front
