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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 | 1 | 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

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 | | 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

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

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 | | by Staff reporter

'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

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

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

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 | | 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 | | 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 | | by Staff reporter

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 | | by Sifelani Tsiko

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 | | by Henry Madiro

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 | | 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 | | 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

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

Matabeleland a region seeking a leader

Since the death of Dr Joshua Nkomo, a true nationalist, nationalism has been lost to the secessionist ZANU party which all along has been led by Robert Mugabe a true and shameless killer. When Mnangagwa took over I thought he would revive …

Published: 02 Mar 2018 at 14:09hrs | 1 | by Clive Zulu

ZPRA veterans once again sold a dummy!!!

I remember very vividly early this year, our party's National Spokesperson Cde Mbonisi Gumbo in his response to the derogatory message by one of the ZPRA war veterans against my party, who claimed that we were a project of ZANU PF. Gumbo s…

Published: 28 Dec 2017 at 07:17hrs | | by Ackim Mhlanga (MRP Secretary General)

Former Agric minister looted farm equipment worth millions

FORMER Agriculture, Mechanisation and Irrigation Development Minister Dr Joseph Made allegedly looted farm equipment and inputs worth millions of dollars, which he hid at his Tara Farm in Headlands, Manicaland Province.The implements inclu…

Published: 22 Dec 2017 at 06:53hrs | | by Staff Reporter

Zimbabwe leadership crisis

There was overwhelming hope when the majority rule ousted the minority government in 1980. Little did the nation know the real intentions of the few who had just assumed power after a widely overrated landslide victory by ZANU PF. The true…

Published: 30 Nov 2017 at 20:10hrs | 3 | by Zondiwe Gumede

Dabengwa and Zapu are for and with the peopleâ€¦

As the harmonised general elections in Zimbabwe approach, many political dramas are being staged. Some are probably attempts to solve the crisis in our country while others are obvious political jokes. For political opportunists, these are…

Published: 02 Nov 2017 at 07:41hrs | | by Mkhululi Zulu

Joshua Nkomo foundation to host war veterans

THE Joshua Nkomo Foundation (JNF) is expected to host veterans of the liberation struggle tomorrow, as part of the initiative to commemorate the late vice president Joshua Mqabuko Nkomo.The event is set to be held at the nationalist's resi…

Published: 18 Oct 2017 at 13:00hrs | | by Staff reporter

Mugabe wanted a Civil War in Zimbabwe

THE so-called Entumbane disturbances of November 1980 and February 1981, during which President Robert Mugabe's then guerrilla army, Zanla, fought that of his nationalist rival Joshua Nkomo's Zipra, are typically cited as among the more im…

Published: 14 Aug 2017 at 15:18hrs | 9 | by Stuart Doran

Joshua Nkomo considered a military solution

What I find interesting is the evidence that Joshua Nkomo seriously considered a military solution and went to implore South Africa to be neutral. Obviously South Africa would not have been neutral as it was part of the Gukurahundi orchest…

Published: 04 Aug 2017 at 14:04hrs | 3 | by Tshepo Mabalane Mabalane @ facebook

The historical significance of Unity Accord between Zanu PF and PF Zapu

Two major liberation political parties ZANU PF and ZAPU bilaterally decided on the possibility to amalgamate these two parties to form a united party ZANU PF to unite the people of Zimbabwe.Representatives of both parties met in Harare on …

Published: 11 Jul 2017 at 19:11hrs | | by Givestar Kamuzonde

Joshua Nkomo's ethics of liberation

Since his sad passing away on 1 July 1999 Joshua Mqabuko Nkomo's name and life have continued to arrest public attention and imagination at a world scale.As I write the Zimbabwean historian and leading decoloniality theorist Sabelo Ndlovu-…

Published: 25 Jun 2017 at 12:18hrs | | by Cetshwayo Mabhena

Joshua Nkomo: selfless patriot in the truest sense of the word

The following is a lecture delivered by veteran journalist and war veteran Saul Gwakuba Ndlovu at the Joshua Nkomo Memorial Lecture at Wits University in South Africa yesterday on the occasion of celebrating the 100th year Post Humus Birth…

Published: 18 Jun 2017 at 10:35hrs | 8 | by Saul Gwakuba Ndlovu

Wits University hosts Joshua Nkomo memorial lecture

THE University of Witwatersrand in South Africa is today hosting the inaugural Joshua Mqabuko Nkomo Centenary Memorial Lecture at its Johannesburg campus to honour the late Zimbabwean nationalist who was well respected across the region an…

Published: 17 Jun 2017 at 10:02hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter

'Joshua Nkomo wanted blacks to own land'

THOUSANDS of people yesterday converged on St Joseph Village in Kezi under Chief Bidi to celebrate the birthday of the late Vice-President and Father Zimbabwe Dr Joshua Mqabuko Nkomo who was born on 7 June 1917, a day which marked a centur…

Published: 11 Jun 2017 at 10:58hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter

Joshua Nkomo Celebrations 2017

Joshua Nkomo celebrations the 5th annual extravaganza celebrating the life of General Josh as affectionately known by his comrades a man with an illustrious history ought to be celebrated. A champion of unity, peace and natural development…

Published: 29 May 2017 at 20:20hrs | | by Phakama Sizwe

Maverick JZ Moyo dared Joshua Nkomo

TWENTY TWO January will mark 40 years since the death of Jason Ziyapapa Moyo. The maverick Moyo who was Zapu's Vice-President was killed by a parcel bomb in Lusaka, Zambia. His death has been shrouded in controversy with some of the view t…

Published: 15 Jan 2017 at 07:58hrs | 3 | by Saul Gwakuba Ndlovu

MLF must never soil Dr J Nkomo

The so called state of the Nation address by the learned Dr Churchill Guduza does not only undermine Mthwakazi people, but Dr Joshua Nkomo. Calling Dr Nkomo a clown is treasonous. It actually exposes the credibility of the leadership of th…

Published: 04 Dec 2016 at 08:53hrs | 1 | by SK Mtshali

'Joshua Nkomo saved Zimbabwe from civil war'

This year on April 5, Ibhetshu likaZulu gave me the honour to deliver the inaugural Lookout "Mafela" Masuku memorial lecture. This year is the 20th anniversary of the untimely death of Lt General Lookout "Mafela" Masuku who passed away in …

Published: 30 Oct 2016 at 12:17hrs | 5 | by Dumiso Dabengwa

Magic or Superstition? The myths and legends that made Joshua Nkomo

In times of war it is common to hear of legends and stories that give popular participants in battles superhuman qualities that seem to defy the rules of everyday life.Perhaps to drive fear into an enemy or wow those watching on the sideli…

Published: 13 Jul 2016 at 07:05hrs | 18 | by Bruce Ndlovu

Attempt on Nkomo's life at his Pelandaba Home

The Sunday News 3/7/2016 published a story from a book written by a â€œRhodesian soldierâ€ under the title 'Attempt on Nkomo's Life LEST WE FORGET'. Typical of the majority of the semi-literate racist Rhodesian soldiers the article gave i…

Published: 07 Jul 2016 at 16:01hrs | 11 | by Mkhululi Zulu

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