Supplement: Dr Nkomo, my uncle
“I FIRST saw him in 1980, when I was just about seven years old. I remember he asked us whether we knew him and the answer was an obvious ‘yes’.…
Supplement: ‘Declare 1 July national holiday’
THE first day of July every year is a special day for Zimbabwe as the nation unites to celebrate the life of a revolutionary, nationalist, liberation war luminary and unifier,…
Supplement: My command — Dr Nkomo
MOST of our fighting was with small arms and simple weapons. The AK rifle became every young man’s dream-stubby and reliable, it was far better than the long Nato rifle…
Supplement: How Dr Nkomo calmed down tempers among Zipra forces
CDE Fredrick Mutandah was the head of the late Vice-President Dr Joshua Nkomo’s close security unit that provided security to the veteran nationalist around the clock during the armed struggle…
Supplement – Dr Nkomo: The true Father Zimbabwe
“I HAVE never abandoned hope that I might contribute to a reasonable solution to our national problems, by discussion rather than by confrontation. Sometimes it looks as though progress is…
Supplement: Col Ngwenya — The man who saved Dr Nkomo
IT has been 36 years since it happened but Retired Colonel Thomas Ngwenya remembers it like yesterday — it is the day he personally saved late Vice-President Dr Joshua Nkomo…
Supplement:SK remembers ‘Big Josh’
Ambassador Simon Khaya Moyo THIS week on 1 July 2015 we mark the 16th anniversary of the death of Father Zimbabwe — Umdala Wethu, Dr Joshua Mqabuko Nkomo. He pioneered…
French police grill suspect after grisly beheading
Paris — French police were grilling a suspected Islamist yesterday about an attack in which the man displayed his boss’s severed head, in what appeared to be the second jihadist…
Burundi rejects UN call for election delay
New York — Burundi’s ambassador to the United Nations told the Security Council on Friday that elections will go ahead as planned tomorrow despite a call from Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon…
‘Corruption not tolerated in Zanu-PF’
PRESIDENT Mugabe will not tolerate people who tarnish Zanu-PF by using its name to further their personal interests through corrupt activities. Addressing Zanu-PF’s Youth League National Assembly at the party’s…



