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Chivayo donates US$250,000 to honour Joshua Nkomo's legacy

Controversial businessman Wicknell Chivayo has paid glowing tribute to Zimbabwe's late Vice President and liberation icon, Dr Joshua Mqabuko Nyongolo Nkomo, while pledging a significant donation of US$250,000 to the Joshua Nkomo Trust in h…

Published: 02 Jul 2025 at 13:26hrs | 692 | by Staff reporter

Zimbabwe remembers Dr Joshua Nkomo, 26 years on

Today marks 26 years since the passing of Dr Joshua Mqabuko Nyongolo Nkomo, affectionately known as "Father Zimbabwe," with the nation pausing to reflect on the enduring legacy of the late liberation icon and Vice President.Nkomo, who died…

Published: 01 Jul 2025 at 17:59hrs | 391 | by Staff reporter

Umdala Wethu: The Statesman who united a nation

In the story of Zimbabwe, there are names that echo. And then there is Joshua Mqabuko Nyongolo Nkomo - a man whose name is etched not merely in memory, but in the bedrock of the nation itself. As Zimbabwe marks 26 years since his passing o…

Published: 01 Jul 2025 at 10:30hrs | 355 | by Dereck Goto

Joshua Nkomo commemoration set for tomorrow

The Joshua Nkomo Restoration Project Trust, together with The Joshua Nkomo Foundation, will host a commemoration event tomorrow at the Matshamhlope Museum to mark the 26th anniversary of the death of the late Dr Joshua Mqabuko Nkomo, widel…

Published: 30 Jun 2025 at 13:16hrs | 186 | by Staff reporter

War vet cries foul over Nkomo memorial

A former Zimbabwe People's Revolutionary Army (ZPRA) ex-combatant has accused the Matobo Rural District Council (RDC) of blocking his efforts to construct a memorial site in honour of the late Vice President Joshua Nkomo.Linganiso Mdabuko …

Published: 31 Mar 2025 at 11:09hrs | 1035 | by Staff reporter

Joshua Nkomo scholarship applications open until 31 March 2025

The prestigious Joshua Nkomo Scholarship is now accepting applications for its 2025 cohort, offering financial support to talented students aiming to achieve their academic goals. The application period is open from March 2 to March 31, 20…

Published: 18 Mar 2025 at 12:39hrs | 775 | by Staff reporter

The push to celebrate Joshua Nkomo by declaring July 1 a national holiday

Zimbabwe is set to celebrate the legacy of one of its most cherished leaders, the late Vice-President Joshua Nkomo, with the declaration of July 1 as a national holiday. This historic move honors "Father Zimbabwe" for his enduring contribu…

Published: 02 Nov 2024 at 08:42hrs | 264 | by Staff reporter

What will freedom truly cost us?

In the depths of despair, there exists a flicker of hope. Or so we dare to believe. As a nation, Zimbabwe has been haunted by a tumultuous history, riddled with oppression, corruption, and a desperate thirst for power. The struggle for fre…

Published: 19 Sep 2023 at 23:32hrs | | by Kumbirai Thierry Nhamo

Joshua Nkomo's son foils Zanu-PF's plan to campaign using late father's name

ZAPU president and late Joshua Mqabuko Nkomo's son Sibangalizwe has foiled Zanu-PF's plan to hold an all-night gala in commemoration of the late vice president at his rural Kezi home in Matebeleland South.Nkomo died on July 1, 1999 at the …

Published: 03 Jul 2023 at 07:18hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter

'Declare a holiday after Joshua Nkomo'

Opposition political parties and activists from Matebeleland have accused the government of systematically trying to erase the legacy of late nationalist, Joshua Nkomo, by rejecting calls to honour him by declaring a holiday after him.Ther…

Published: 02 Jul 2023 at 09:34hrs | 16 | by Staff reporter

Mnangangwa calls nation to honour legacy of liberation icons

PRESIDENT Mnangagwa yesterday invoked the spirit of the late Vice-President Dr Joshua Nkomo as he called for the nation to rally behind Zanu-PF in the August 23 elections to honour the contributions of the country's forebears in liberating…

Published: 02 Jul 2023 at 07:40hrs | 13 | by Staff reporter

Joshua Nkomo's undying legacy

THE 1st of July 2023 marks 24 years since  the passing away of Zimbabwe's former Vice-President of Zimbabwe, Joshua Mqabuko Nyongolo Nkomo, after a long   battle with cancer.Nkomo was a towering and formidable  figure i…

Published: 01 Jul 2023 at 09:09hrs | 52 | by Taona Blessing Denhere

Zanu-PF remembers Joshua Nkomo with Bulilima rally?

THE Zanu-PF rally to be addressed by President Mnangagwa at Nyele Primary School in Bulilima District, Matebeleland South Province today is a celebration as it is the rolling out of the ruling party's massive campaign machinery ahead of th…

Published: 01 Jul 2023 at 08:01hrs | 20 | by Staff reporter

The inspiring journey of Joshua Nkomo, African hero

IN the annals of African history, there are few figures as iconic and revered as the late Joshua Mqabuko Nyongolo Nkomo, affectionately known as Father Zimbabwe. A towering presence with an air of command, he captivated the international c…

Published: 01 Jul 2023 at 08:00hrs | 12 | by Staff reporter

Joshua Nkomo named dogs after Ian Smith and his wife

WHAT Ian Smith and his Rhodesian Government had not anticipated was the resilience of the country's nationalists.They remained courageous and refused to regard the hardships and strenuous challenges they faced; always ready to be a sacrifi…

Published: 01 Jul 2023 at 07:53hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter

Of Joshua Nkomo and the raging fires of Matabeleland independence

"The fly that does not heed advice follows the corpse to the grave", goes the Igbo proverb. MLO is happy that Matabeles refused to follow the Joshua Nkomo political corpse to the grave.It must be stated here that Joshua Nkomo, the darling …

Published: 16 Jul 2022 at 20:15hrs | 13 | by Israel Dube

Joshua Nkomo was a strategist, says Tshinga Dube

THE late Vice-President, Dr Joshua Mqabuko Nkomo, was a shrewd military strategist who championed military training initiatives for several freedom fighters, which led to the country's independence in 1980, Zanu-PF Politburo member and for…

Published: 08 Jul 2022 at 07:34hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter

'My dead son was called an animal' Joshua Nkomo says

As the nation commemorates the death of the late ZANU PF Second Secretarey  and national Vice President Joshua Mqabuko Nyongolo Nkomo, little is told about the pain he suffered whebn his first born Themba Nkomo died. In his book The s…

Published: 01 Jul 2022 at 13:46hrs | 28 | by Mandla Ndlovu

'Joshua Nkomo's legacy lives on'

TODAY marks 23 years since the late veteran nationalist and Vice President, Dr Joshua Mqabuko Nyongolo Nkomo died, and the nation still cherishes his lifetime legacy of selfless sacrifice, peace, unity and developmental vision.Popularly kn…

Published: 01 Jul 2022 at 07:16hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter

Obert Mpofu guided by the Joshua Nkomo ethos on Gukurahundi

Gukurahundi is definitely a painful subject to those who witnessed it and those who participated in the military operation. Everyone who is or was involved in the operation agrees that it was a painful and difficult part of Zimbabweâ€™s hi…

Published: 04 Jun 2022 at 14:23hrs | | by Thabo Nkiwane

Joshua Nkomo's son wants father's remains exhumed from National Heroes Acre

ZAPU president Sibangilizwe Nkomo, son to late liberation war hero and former Vice President Joshua Nkomo, is demanding the immediate exhumation of his late father's remains from the National Heroes Acre in Harare.He wants the iconic late …

Published: 24 May 2022 at 07:28hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter

Citizens were misled by unity accord

Zipra Veterans Association member Jethro Mkwananzi has accused late former President Robert Mugabe and late former Vice President Joshua Nkomo of misleading the nation in their signing of the unity accord in 1987. He said it was sad t…

Published: 26 Sep 2021 at 08:16hrs | 16 | by Stephen Jakes

'ERC call for reform in not push for regime change' - why apologise, it is consequence of free elections

Zimbabwe is in this economic mess and political paralysis (both the ruling party and the opposition are corrupt, incompetent and clearly have no clue how to get the nation out of the mess and paralysis, all they care about is political pow…

Published: 20 Sep 2021 at 17:14hrs | 6 | by Patrick Guramatunhu

ZAPU remembers 'peaceful giant' Joshua Nkomo

OPPOSITION ZAPU has joined the rest of the country in commemorating the 22nd anniversary of Vice President Joshua Mqabuko Nyongolo Nkomo's death, describing him as the peaceful giant.Affectionately known as Father Zimbabwe, Nkomo passed aw…

Published: 01 Jul 2021 at 15:45hrs | 3 | by Mandla Tshuma

'Joshua Mqabuko Nyongolo Nkomo is never forgotten'

STATEMENT BY ASPIRING ZAPU PRESIDENT SIBANGILIZWE NKOMO ON THE OCCASION OF THE 22ND ANNIVERSARY OF THE PASSING ON OF FORMER VICE PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF ZIMBABWE, FATHER ZIMBABWE, JOSHUA MQABUKO NGONGOLO NKOMOThe 1st of July is undoub…

Published: 01 Jul 2021 at 13:13hrs | 7 | by Sibangilizwe Nkomo

If Mbuya Nehanda is a Heroine, why is Comrade Thenjwe Lesabe not one?

Some corrections at national level must be done because what is happening in Zimbabwe does not add up to full total. There are discrepancies openly done to provoke tribalism. Who does Nehanda represent, which people in this region did she …

Published: 06 Jun 2021 at 21:48hrs | 7 | by Nomazulu Thata

Dabengwa, Tongogara, Nkomo, Chitepo why did you leave us - as Zimbabwe's hijackers even more determined to crush our country?

In life we always have individuals whom we wished could have had the marvellous opportunity to have met, and even got to know on a personal level - and, certainly I am not to be left out, since I am amongst those who harbor such dreams, wi…

Published: 22 Mar 2021 at 16:27hrs | 1 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana

Roll call for six comrades selected by Joshua Nkomo for the armed struggle who boarded a train at Luveve Railway Station

On the 04 April 1964, after being selected by Joshua Nkomo President of the Zimbabwe African People's Union (ZAPU), the six mentioned above left for Zambia, enroute for military training in the former Soviet Union.This year 2021, the group…

Published: 09 Mar 2021 at 17:27hrs | 3 | by Report Phelekezela Mphoko

Joshua Nkomo's dislike and disdain for Emmerson Mnangagwa

"Nikita ngicela limkhiphe lumfana akalunganga" these are the words uttered by the legendary Zapu and Zipra commander in chief in 1962.He was referring to Emmerson Mnangagwa who was about to be sent to the Soviet Union for military training…

Published: 13 Sep 2020 at 09:24hrs | 8 | by Posiwe Ncube

Joshua Nkomo is remembered in diverse forms fairly and unfairly

In year 1980, Joshua Nkomo was the most hated persona in Zimbabwe's Mashonaland and some parts of Midlands. The first elections were so toxic, a tribal card was key to get most of the people vote for Zanu. I want to believe that the electi…

Published: 08 Sep 2020 at 19:54hrs | 2 | by Nomazulu Thata

Does Bona Mugabe's censorship board still exist?

The last time the nation heard of a Censorship board was when Ignatius Chombo was the Minister of Home Affairs. Then Home Affairs Minister Ignatius Chombo announced a new Board of Censors that was to face the colossal task of regulating pu…

Published: 29 Jul 2019 at 11:58hrs | 1 | by Nicholas Ncube

Dr Mqabuko must be declared a saint - Livingstone statue must be replaced with that of Father Zimbabwe

Yes! Mqabuko must be declared determination great humanist. His legacy will linger in our minds forever. One important issue which can help is to remove the statue of Livingstone and replace it with that of Mqabuko. The main falls is not c…

Published: 02 Jul 2019 at 09:38hrs | 1 | by NjabuloAgencies

'Joshua Nkomo deserves sainthood'

ZIMBABWEANS should lobby the Catholic Church to declare Father Zimbabwe and former Vice President, Dr Joshua Mqabuko Nkomo, a saint in honour of his contribution to humanity, an official said yesterday. Yesterday marked 20 years since the …

Published: 02 Jul 2019 at 08:12hrs | | by Staff reporter

Joshua Nkomo's love letter to MaFuyana

BEFORE WhatsApp, Facebook posts and text messages, there were hand-written love letters and apparently of all the intriguing love stories in the heat of the liberation struggle nothing is much sweeter than that of one of the country's illu…

Published: 28 Jun 2019 at 23:05hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter

Unknown secrets about Dabengwa

It was in 2007 when l had four consecutive dreams about the same thing: l was talking to Dr Joshua Nkomo& he instructed me to go to Silobela&meet an old man from the Moyo clan& to deliver a message. After a few weeks l met elde…

Published: 26 May 2019 at 01:04hrs | 9 | by Benard Conrad Magugu

Tracing the failed assassination of Joshua Nkomo in Lusaka

Some four decades ago, Zimbabwe's veteran nationalist - former Vice President Joshua Mqabuko Nyongolo Nkomo - who was affectionately known as Father Zimbabwe, survived an assassination attempt on April 15, 1979 after Rhodesian operatives t…

Published: 17 Apr 2019 at 06:56hrs | 1 | by Sifelani Tsiko

Joshua Nkomo's absence felt in Zanu-PF

NEARLY two decades after his death, Zanu-PF says it misses Joshua Nkomo's extraordinary skill in uniting the nation and mobilising votes for the ruling party.The late revered vice president passed away on July 1, 1999.Over the weekend, Vic…

Published: 25 Mar 2019 at 07:18hrs | | by Staff reporter

The Heroine of Matabeleland is fallen! Matabeleland has heroes and heroines too!

The beautiful ones were born, but not acknowledged; these are women from Zapu - Matabeleland: Soneni Ngweny-Matiwaza is a nations' heroine: who cares today!The lyric from Bob Dylan goes like this: "What will your mother say pretty Peggy O,…

Published: 27 Feb 2019 at 18:56hrs | 25 | by Nomazulu Thata

Chamisa should take a lesson from Joshua Nkomo and Morgan Tsvangirai who had people at heart

It is quite unfortunate that instead of mapping the way forward and discussing solutions most people here whom I think are MDC are very good at criticizing facts. The truth is Chamisa's failure is causing people to suffer. How can a sincer…

Published: 25 Feb 2019 at 17:33hrs | 2 | by Henry Madiro

Joshua Nkomo's knobkerrie located

The late Father Zimbabwe Joshua Nkomo's knobkerrie is safe with the family and will never be passed on to someone who is not a family member, his son Sibangilizwe Nkomo revealed on Wednesday.Sibangilizwe was responding to a question by vet…

Published: 13 Feb 2019 at 17:46hrs | 4 | by Mandla Ndlovu

Joshua Nkomo's words inspire farmer

KHULUMAUSENZA is a name of a village in Mapulubusi area in Tsholotsho district in the sprawling Matabeleland North Province.The name of the village is Ndebele, and in English it literally means walk the talk and is not just an ordinary nam…

Published: 09 Sep 2018 at 08:37hrs | 15 | by Staff reporter

Mnangagwa preserving Joshua Nkomo legacy?

AFTER a 17-year-long wait, Ekusileni Medical Centre, a brainchild of one of the founding fathers of the liberation, Dr Joshua Nkomo will finally open its doors thanks to the new administration led by President Emmerson Mnangagwa.However, i…

Published: 01 Jul 2018 at 08:12hrs | 2 | by Nduduzo Tshuma

Joshua Nkomo's Turning Point

COMRADE Elison Mupamawonde (born 1950 in Bikita), whose Chimurenga was Soft Magarasadza last week spoke about how ZIPRA out-gunned Rhodesian forces at Chirundu during the liberation struggle and how they started night operations around Hur…

Published: 01 Jul 2018 at 07:59hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter

Chamisa Violated Voting Right's - A grave error

My brother in Christ President Chamisa, it is sad that some of your words can never be trusted anymore as they don't materialize at this stage, what more when you're ZIM President? You promised all party members in all corners of the count…

Published: 19 Jun 2018 at 14:34hrs | 1 | by Devine Ndabezitha Mafa Sibanda

Joshua Nkomo inspires book on separation of Matebeleland from Zimbabwe

THE quest by the people of Matabeleland to have a separate state has been brought alive by a new book by United Kingdom-based author David Hilton Barber and backed by material collected by former an aide to the late vice president Joshua N…

Published: 29 May 2018 at 13:10hrs | 14 | by NewZimbabwe

The irony of Africa Day

Just like Christmas, only Christians - a group of people-  celebrate it but Africa day is worse for it is celebrated by a few (elite) leaders on behalf of the whole continent. It's very funny that every election we vote for representa…

Published: 25 May 2018 at 09:51hrs | 1 | by Poseidon Tsautsau

NPF abuses Joshua Nkomo's legacy

To those who have been observing the interesting roll-out of campaigns for the forthcoming harmonised elections by the multitudes of political parties in Zimbabwe, both established and upstarts, may have noticed that the cabal of Zanu-PF r…

Published: 14 May 2018 at 06:34hrs | | by Bevan Musoko

Matabeleland Culture Day in the UK

We caught up with the group Bambanani Association which is based in the UK, in Hastings and they had an interesting development to share with us. They are organising a Matabeleland Culture Day in the United Kingdom and they are inviting al…

Published: 04 May 2018 at 20:11hrs | 4 | by Simingenkosi Nkala

Road to Victory (R2V): Nelson Chamisa on Tuesday

Thank You Bulawayo It was a heartening sojourn into the city of Kings and Queens at the weekend as the ambience and camaraderie amply testified to a city ready to step into a new country.The crowd was huge, the atmosphere at the White City…

Published: 10 Apr 2018 at 14:33hrs | 1 | by Nelson Chamisa

Joshua Nkomo letter to Robert Mugabe from exile in the UK

JOSHUA M. NKOMO2 Stevenage RoadEast Ham E6 2WLLondon E6 2WLUnited Kingdom7th June, 1983INFORMATIVE LETTER TO PRIME MINISTER MUGABEDear Robert,1. I write to you as a citizen of Zimbabwe and one of the leaders of our country, to you not just…

Published: 26 Mar 2018 at 11:00hrs | 5 | by Joshua M. Nkomo

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