Vice President John Nkomo has died. Nkomo died this afternoon aged 79 after battling with cancer for years, highly placed government sources told NewsDay.
President Robert Mugabe has confirmed that VP #JohnNkomo died in Harare at St Anne’s Hospital not South Africa as reported in some media. He was rushed to the Hospital in the morning after his health deteriorated.
Nkomo’s brief political career:
Career: Member of African National Congress, 1958-59; joined National Democratic Party, 1960; joined the Zimbabwe African People’s Union, 1961-; arrested and detained at Gonakudzingwa for two years, 1966-68;
Joined the African National Council becoming deputy secretary-general, 1971; attended Geneva Conference as part of Joshua Nkomo’s delegation, 1976; seriously injured in parcel bomb that killed Jason Ziyapapa Moyo, 1977;
Member of Parliament, Matabeleland North, 1980-1985; deputy Minister of Industry and Energy, 1981; Minister of State in the Prime Minister’s office responsible to the Deputy Prime Minister, 1982-84;
Fired from government as one of only two remaining ZAPU members, 1984; Member of Parliament for Tsholotsho, 1985-1990 ; Minister of Labour, Manpower Planning and Social Welfare, 1988-1995; Member of Parliament for Bulawayo North, 1990-1995;
Re-elected Member of Parliament for Bulawayo North, 1995-2000; Minister of Local Government and Rural Development, 1995; Minister of Local Government and National Housing, 1997; Minister of Home Affairs, 2000;
Minister of State in the President’s Office responsible for Special Affairs, 2002; Speaker of Parliament, 2005-2008; Minister of State in the President’s Office responsible for National Healing, Reconciliation and Integration, 2009; Vice-President, 2009 to date.
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RIP VP Nkomo
Kafe kanti kumele kufe bani kunini sihlupheka , njengoLanda angazi ukuthi umsebenzi wakhe ubungowani ibiyimpahla nje. Kuzake kubethe umoya kulelizwe.
nxa ekade engenzi lutho eyimpahla njengoba usitsho pho umoya uzabethiswa yini, ubengavimbanga moya phela?
It’s really sad. So when are we going to receive the better news?
May his dear soul rest in eternal peace
May his SOUL REST in Perfect PEACE
R.I.P
a very sad day for our Zimbabwe. lala ngokhuthula baba NKOMO.
If its true RIP Our VP
R I P mudhara wethu
amana zvinorwadza vasara dai asireye afa ndarwadziwa vanhu vatema
If true, my heartfelt condolences to the family and Zim. Was one sober guy!
Sad day for Zim if its true
may his soul rest in peace
munonyepa
The biggest impediment to Mthwakazi provinces’ development aspirations is now gone. Our drive for Devolution in the constitution is now clear. May the Mthwakazi Gukurahundi rest in pieces (RIPs)!!
Are you saying VP John Nkomo was still roving this planet? Thot he was gone, R.I.P CDE.
If you want to take history and bring in as discussion yepafiwa then you are silly. I feel sorry pamukadzi anogara nengochani yakaita sewe. How many shona people killed by ndebele chiefs vachida vakadzi chete. Wakaita history here or you did european chete. Chingochani vanin’ina and moda zvemahara that is why muchivenga ava. I shld not waste my time talking nema satanist ano wisher rufu kuti awane ropa. Get away silly.
The late Landa Nkomo, you had long forget the people of Matabeleland, today you rest. May your Dear Soul rest in peace
may his soul rest in peace
if its tru that vp have died i feel sad okay go well umdhala r.i.p
limozen
Its MDALA not MDHALA. Ndebele/Nguni languages have no heavy accents – so avoid the “Hs”.
Zororai zvakanaka murugare mudhara wedu.
“…. have no heavy accents” what does that mean mbonisi? heavy in relation to what?
it is not a case of accent but voice . in /mdala / you have voiced case but in /mdhala/ you have breathy voice . it is a case of phonation in articujlatory phonetics .
correction : articulatory phonetics
why then do you put h on NDHLOVU..F**** U TRIBALIST,nothing special about NGUNI’S,i live with there konangale e MZANSI.
Ndlovu in Ndebele has no ‘h’ my ‘learned’ friend. Why do you want to delve into fields that you have no knowledge about? Leave issues to do with linguistics to gurus in that area sir.
Its very clear why people, in a very well-meaning context are saying “If its true……”. The media has played with peoples’ minds over this very sensitive matter and I shudder to think how the family might have felt all those times. Anyway, RIP VP Nkomo and my condolences to the family. You have gone through a lot already.
He used to pass PF ZAPU secrets to Gukurahundi ZANU PF in the 1980s. This led to Gukurahundi and the total distruction of PF ZAPU and that was the end of the democracy project in Zimbabwe. To date, we are still paying heavily as country because of his BUMPIMPI!!
R.I.P honourable V.P
it was long over due.He was useless and betrayed people from his privince.A sigh of reliefe.Who is next?
Tsvangirai maybe?
R.I.P
REST IN PIECES SELL OUT!
There goes the Mthwakazi Gukurahundi!!
@ LIST HAVE RESPECT FOR THE DEAD
What follows now is battling for the vp post. The obedient son can’t wait! RIP Cde.
Are you taking about Simon Kaya Moyo????????????????/
achisiya mari yemadiamonds ????????????????
Obedient son will not even accept the VP post, even the father himself will not think of moving his obedient son to any position. Ngoda inozonetsa kutora.
RIP Mr Vice President…..Zimbabwe is grieving together with the Nkomo family,be strong.
I can see Simon Khaya Moyo and Obert Mpofu fighting for this post and one is gonna die and we will be grieving again.
The post will remain vacant until after the GPA and elections have been sorted out. Who knows, this might be next year 2014 – Gukurahundi party politics is giving the 89 year old a headache – what with the Zezuru Gukurahundis fighting the Karanga Gukurahundis and the Mthwakazi North Gukurahundi fighting the Mthwakazi South Gukurahundi. Its getting hot and interesting!!
May his soul rest in peace.
i dont sympathise with politicians because the whole wold is suffering to make them rich.they dont have people at heart so why shud we fil sorry for them
May his soul rest in peace.
SORRY FOR THE LOSS
Rest in Peace
Rest in peace honorable VP
Seth yu ryt i don know how to mourn politicians,esp zanu pf politicians rest in pearce anyway if yu deserve it.
iwe mbonisi, musoro wako wakaoma! Pengera kumadzitateguru ako kwawakaroyiwa kuKZN. Enda kwa Mudede uchinje zita rako to Mutakati, whatever that means. Reading your posts induce instant vomit!
O se ka tsamike kanna wakotlwa? ke tlo go shapa!!
Good riddance. What was he still doing in ‘office’? A waste of tax payer’s money and resources. Let all these evil fossils perish.
RIP
very SAD for the people of Zimbabwe
Enock, excluding me. I did not lose anything to deserve a sorry.
muri shuwa here ne news dzenyu idzi,cz taneta kunzwa nyaya dzenyu dzisina maturo,kana vafa zveshuwa…..aah vorindira havo mangwanani akanaka kana akaita kuda kwa Muponesi jeso
i have herd this story before, will wait until, its announced publicly
“herd”!?
Rest In Peace Mr Vice President
R.I.P son of the soil,
may his soul rest in eternal peace.
Rest in peace vp nkomo
Rest in etenal peace
we lost a father in country
Rest in peace Father
Hamheno if its true tongomirira pazvinobuda pa ztv vavaku Heroes ndipo pandozo believer
one can not rejoice over someone ‘s death, but at times one can not shed tears as well. My condolences to his familly. though he had long abondoned Matabeleland people
Rest in eternal peace mdala Nkomo.
yes we pay our condolences but we don’t shed tears to people who aided looting in the country, who assisted in the destruction of the future of our children. Go well and don’t come back. Hope you prayed and confessed your sins.
Oh,
condolences to the Nkomo family, and the nation as a whole, what a great leader he was. so humble.
Rest in peace Cde John London Nkomo
rest in peace comrade.you should have retired a long time ago.
Z-iva A-kauraya N-yika U-nyarare P-ano F-iwa. Rip – kwasara…
Tsvangirai.
Kasi Tsvangirayi ndewe ku ZANU here
Musatukane parufu mhani imi. Problem ndeyekuti kwafa munhu asiri iye
Rest in eternal peace mdala Nkomo.
Some people are insensitive how can you celebrate the death of another human being, sad. RIP VP J.L.N Lala ngokhuthuka yiyo indlela yethu sonke hamba khahle Xawe lethu.
“Xawe”!?
Point of correction, Lala ngokuthula, yiyo indlela yethu sonke, hamba kahle qhawe lethu. Am happy you are make an effort to embrace other languages unlike some Zimbabweans.
Correction- You make an effort…
Mombe kanti what is your problem?
Rest in Peace Honorable Vice President Nkomo, it was nice knowing you for such a short period of time. Our deepest sympathy to the Zimbabwean Nation as well as the Nkomo family. U lale ngoxolo tata.
My fellow Zimbabweans its not good to mock each other especially wen there is such sms concerning death. If true we say zororai murunyararo.
Rest in Pieces Gukurahundi sell out.
Newe mbonisi uchafa futi. Maonero angu hauna mazuva akawanda uchiri panyika. Rongedza twako ugadzirire kusimuka utevere Kaini Nkala
Mr Mbonisi your statements just show how rotten of a person you are, i bet my last dollar you are not Zimbabwean. the VP of ZIM has passed away may his soul rest in peace. No matter how much you may hate someone today is not the day. dont forget that this man was not just the VP, But someones father, grandfather, uncle, put yourself in their shoes please, your statements are not called for. We Zimbabweans have our differences but when they is death we respect.
Nqobani
I cannot put myself in the shoes of a Gukurahundi because I will never be one – those shoes stink Gukurahundism!!
Mbonisi this is time to unite so that we give due respect to one of Zimbabwe’s gallant son of the soil. Let’s show respect, this is a national platform where we share with one another. Let’s not abuse it by furthering one’s political fantasis.
Zimbabwean – help me to understand, what is meant by this phrase “gallant son of the soil”? Is it the same as saying “politician”?
gallant looter of Zimbabwe is more appropriate.
RIP
It is very unAfrican and against Bantuism to ululate on the grave of your enemy. Please, when the nation is mourning even a dog, the bantu culture restrains us from listing the number of chickens stolen from the village by that dog or the number of bones that went missing from the Butcherman’s stack. Instead, we grieve with those grieving. Hamba ngokuthula, xawe lamaxawe. You fought well.
Can someone do a body search?Just in case Cde forgot to empty the pockets of his trouser-yaah the last one he wore before Obert visited him. Chances are some rough diamonds may find their way back into the ground. We can’t make that error can we?
zororai mudhara pasi raipisa
“xawe lama xawe”?!
shame
Is it African to Gukurahundi 20 000 people and look the other way, calling it a moment of madness?
Rest in peace
Rip may your soul rest in eternal peace.
Wena Mbonisi, you are a DISGRACE! I can’t even begin to imagine what goes on in that head of yours;and I’m sure many share my sentiments. If you have nothing better to do with your time,please don’t do it here!
clive
Wena skeberetshe, tsamaya. Keeng ka wena?
Rip
Rest in peace our father hamba khahle
Why is VP seat so cursed at lest one day,the death curse should change to President or prime minister seats and I wil really believe God exists help us from these selfish fools.
Cursed how sir? I thought all the four former vice presidents died of natural causes related to old age (ranging fro 79 to 82). May their souls rest in peace.
may his soul rest in internal peace.
a registerd hero
a registered hero
Honestly, in Zimbabwe we do not deserve people like Mbonisi. If you really feel that you are more of a Nguni or whatever, why cant you just go back to Zululand and we will not cry for you. Many of your brothers and sisters have failed dismally to acquire SA citizenship. We have forgiven your forefathers for conquering our land but the the remnants like you are proving to be unrepentant. Zimbabwe belongs to all who live in it whether Shona, Ndebele, Karanga or whatever. The politics of tribes will not take you anywhere. At the end of the day you must still live with the fact that you are only about 10% of the population and democracy is a game of numbers!!!
“Our land”?!then in the same breath you say Zim belongs to all us.!
You started off well sir, supposedly with the noble intention of uniting the nation. However, the tone of your last sentence betrays undertones of tribalism. Who says Ndebeles constitute 10 percent of the population? Can’t we co-exist as Zimbabweans first and foremost?
Zvakaoma, its a long and heavy road to freedom. RIP
RiP Cde
RIP a HERO and a true freedom fighter.
RIP VP.
We wanted more than you gave us if only things could be reversed kodwa ahh…
Ngavazorore murugare afaanaka
rest in peace cde!!!
Rest In Peace V.P
Aenda kusina akambodzokako. Joshua Nkomo, Simon Muzenda, Joseph Musika, zvakaoma. Chigaro chacho chinopisa. Kana wangochibvuma chete hauchararami nguva refu. Hameno mai Mujuru kuti vari kuzvigona sei
Mai Mujuru vakanamatirwa an Katsiru saka vari protected.
Rest in peace Honourable V.P.Lets respect the dead and not dwell much into the past negative
contributions by the departed .Tomorrow it may be you!Lala ngokuthula qhawe.
I am sure the so called Mbonisi doesn’t stay in Zimbabwe neither is he a Zimbabwean. Unondibhowa shamwari.
kasiye kakadaro kajaira kuverenga distorted history wc ws probly written by the whites in a bid to cause separation amongst zimbabweans
You know what the ndebele people, are ones who act as zimbabwe is theirs and the shonas are the ones who ran away from tshaka, live with what is there, keeping on talking about gukura hundi wont solve anything,
Hamba nja wenzeni kubulele izwe.
Lets continue morning our old man, as we morn lets remember that we are morning a thug, one of the gang that has robbed this country and its children of their fortune and freedom, he will be surely missed my his fellow gang members if at all they care, lets continue mourning this old gangster who has played a vital role in our suffering, we will surely miss him. R.I.P Mdala Nkomo, ubulisela, isigebengu, ubulamanga, sizakukhumbula ngezithembiso zakho ezamanga kwabase Matabeleland
Lala ngokuthula sela le Zanu, kudala silikhuza lezigebengu zakho zo Msangano sisithi lizakufa kubi, manje khangela kathesi, wena lamatsotsi akho lasizondanisa labafowethu amaShona ukuze libuse manje lizakunya maxhegu otuvi, ngifunga umama umaNyathi lizaphela lithi du lunyaka, migodoyi yabantu. Seliza qalisa ukufa nga 2-2, layenalo umkhokheli wenu lonke liya egehena lunyaka. Sesizwile ngani maxhegu ekaka, libule abantwa benu, izandla zenu ,lamazinyo ligcwele igazi. Ubungela thando wena mdala, ubungumthengisi i Shiti yomuntu, lalangokuthula baba Nkomo, basazakulandela abanye bakho
Ukhulumile mfowethu Nehanda. Iqiniso libuhlungu njalo amanga mabi. Some may attack you but the truth will set you free! Amandla!
may his rest in peace , he was quite
Vakuru vakati mashura anotanga mberi nezvakaitwa naNhema kumhuri yekwaNkomo zvaishura ka
the sooner this mbonisi realises that he is mentally retarded the better. this is not a platform or moment to discuss such issues. grow up mbonisi
oh please,these people just stood by as thousands where butchered,in their name futhi!he is someone’s father?others lost their fathers too
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May his soul rest in peace. Ma1
Rest in peace.
Nkomo’s brief political career?? That’s 55 years!! RIP.
When I was growing up I used to mistake him for Banana.
Any way R.I.P
May his soul rest in Peace.
God will judge you by your deeds when you were alive on this earth. That only will determine whether you go to heaven or hell. What people have said here is proof of what the man did when he was alive and God shall judge him accordingly. The only thing we can do now is to ask God to forgive his sins as for resting in peace only God knows how the late John Landa Nkomo will rest. God is strict in his punishment and he has no fear or favour, your deeds will count in your favour or against you. So pay heed all living souls that are reading this comment to prepare for the afterlife.
I repeat, Rest In Pieces Gukurahundi. I feel absolutely nothing for you – there goes the Mthwakazi Gukurahundi – with all your lies and bare bones, down six feet under.
You ruined Mthwakazi – innocent people’s lives were destroyed – all because of you, rubbish and good riddance.
The farms, the houses, etc you were fighting for all left behind. They never even suggested your name for the presidency, instead opted for your Juniors in the party Joice and Mujuru because you are stupid, isiphukuphuku who couldn’t even see the Gukurahundi tribalism right in in your face – usable moron!!
One Gukurahundist Agent after another taking the short journey down to the fiery pits of HELL!!
SHAME HOWEVER – The picture above is of a man who desperately needed a quite home somewhere far away from politics to rest. Even his suit is weighing him down. The ZANU-PF system of dying in power is really counterproductive.
He has rested coz a 55yr political career is long enough.
Zororai baba.Tose ndiyo nzira yedu.Tichakurangarirai nazvose makatiitira.
Zvapasi – zvenyu mune zvamakaitirwa.
The usable moron, the used condom is gone and gone for ever. Free at last, Mthwakazi we are freeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
RIP VP
A note to NewsDay editorial dept. please check your grammar, etc. The heading “Nkomo’s brief political career:” is misleading. A political career stretching from the 50′s is no way brief! You could have written: NKOMO’S POLITICAL CAREER IN BRIEF.
Check the shoddy writing please!
I think NEWSDAY is right…By Zimbabwean standards a 55 year political career is quite brief. Many guys are planning to ‘hit a century’.
Who said all Gukurahundis are Shona – Ive been saying this again and again, we also have them in Mthwakazi – so, there goes the Gukurahundi, six feet under in his birtday suit, leaving the stolen farms behind!!
Big up to mbonisi, i lyk ur style
R I P muzukuru wangu but yu forget to tell vana kuti vose vaende Egoli .
Beside being in evil Zanu he was aprinciple man amoung amaganyana even the the gukurahundi party knew he was a no nonse man when it comes to displine within the Gangster party, although he delivered nothing all along in his association with Zanu
Guys its easier than said but on the death Mugabe I will celebrate that day unless I die first but that monster does not deserve my human side feeling forget it you can call me what ever the likes of Mugabe animals which are just like a donkey at least I can cry for my donkey because it might have been crying heavy loads for in its life time but Mugabe and company I am very sorry no isintu singakuvumi lapho ngiyala and which him to die in a accident too. Get his legs broken and suffer a bit before final dying.
As far as Im concerned, the lives of 20 000 innocent villagers who were killed for either refusing to speak Shona, or refusing to sing Shona songs in praise of Gukurahundi Mugabe, or being pregnant carrying a young dissident, are far more important and golden to me than the end of the life of this Mthwakazi Gukurahundi.
People lie that these villagers were killed for supporting dissidents, hell no, people were killed for merely not speaking Shona, or being pregnant with a dissident baby, thats the truth, all because of this rubbish, you are now praising.
Bob Marley sang that, who feels it knows it -I will never betray my Mthwakazi people. Lies will remain lies, it doesn’t matter how you dress them up. My conscience is clear and I stand for good over evil.
No amount of propaganda will change the truth. Good riddance to real rubbish. I say revenge, revenge, revenge never give up. I will never ever give up until I get my pound of flesh, REVENGE!
Retirement….the ZANU-PF way. Kubva paoffice chair straight mucoffin!. zvakawoma.
Hahahaa Parrafin, ndohugamba hwacho, mucoffin wakapfumbata chibhakera chete.
The Ndebele people are divided into three classes, Zansi – the oned on top of the chain, the real ndebeles whose forefathers’ remains are burried in KZN. These are a wonderful people, they are friendly, inteligent and know that they are true Zimbabweans. I have lots of them as my friends. They don’t mind if u speak with them in SHONA. If u say something using broken Ndebele, they never criticize nor laugh at you. Then there is the Enhla and the Hole, these two, they don’t even know where their ancestors’ bones are burried, these are the ones who want to be more Ndebeles than the Zansi, we know them by their separatist tendencies.
The problem with shona people is that, they preach that their women were abducted by ndebele,for mhunumutapa to lay claim in building great zimbabwe he was using force on weaker tribes meaning he was raiding other tribes.mashona mashoma the rest are zambians the musonas,kapini,khama billiat,chunga,macheso,nicholas zakaria and malawians including mozambicans
ndosaka vachigara in those staes u stated but f they are zimbabweans and are comfortable with being identified as shonas then stop waffling for nothing
May you rest peace
Before l pass on my condolences to the Nkomo family let me take time to remind my fellow writters that its inhuman to celebrate death vanaMbonisi vakafa brain so don’t take them serious they are very sick.To the Nkomo family l say we are together in your loss and can you drive comfort from the lord and may our Vp’s soul rest in peace.
vangu sekuru is the real hero for he died in battle fighting for the black man’s emancipation. Nt mavampire aya akanga aakupfumiswa neropa raana sekuru vedu and also the hard earned tax payer’s money. May ur soul rest with u and all the zimbabweans have peace for your departure mean a reduction in this politians parasitism
RIP VP JOHN NKOMO.
For we meet to part and Part to meet thats is what lyfe is all about R.I.P baba
As ZIMBABWEANS lets emulate the sacrifices that these galant sons and daughters of the soil did for us. Our independence came about as a result of their resilience. Today we read about Gonakudzingwa, about Hwahwa, about Chikombela, they were there so that you and me could enjoy the independence that you and me are selling so that we have something in our stomaches. Their children suffered so that you are frre today. The last King of the Ndebele and all the adjoining territories wanted peace in Zimbabwe at the time of his death, Father Zimbabwe wanted peace at the time of his death, John Landa Nkomo (MHSRIP) wanted peace at the time of his death.Zimbabwe is one, and I quote Absolom Sikhosana, “ndakaenda kwaMutare, handina kuona muManyika, asi ndakaona muZimbabwean, ndokuendazve Masvingo, handina kuona muKaranga asi ndakaona muZimbabwean, ndokuendazve kuBulawayo, handina kuona muNdebele asi ndakaona muZimbabwean…” Let’s all embrace patriotism, let’s move away from the Mthwakazi syndrome and surge ahead as one united family. Today we have lost a father, a brother, a mentor, a leader, a national leader, a pan African leader, LET’S ALL EMBRACE HIS IDEAS. Whether my parents are maNyasarande, maMoscan, maSothu, or whatever, I will remai Zimbabwean because I am Zimbabwean and my hero is gone (RIP). Africa has lost another jewel. Ulale kakhuhle mdala wethu. Uri qawe guru, undesputed national hero. May your death further unite us. RIP Vice Commander n Chief of the Armed Forces, Vice President of the Republic of Zimbabwe, Farewell, farewell my hero. RIP.
I hear you Zimbabwean but the real heroes died because those who remained behind were mostly cowards. Of course some of the brave are still here and you can see by their fruits they are not as brutal as the cowards are. Those who are alife are now looters. These are the people who fire guns at unarmed civilians unleash violence on innocent souls because they never fired a gun during the war they were busy in hotels or hiding. Ndo vaiti uri mutengesi voponda.
Aaah Zimbabwean, I beg to differ with you. These guys were in Gonakudzingwa and wherever for there own good. Thereafter, and don’t forget the majority of us whether one crossed the borders or not during the liberation struggle, we fought the war. Those of us who were regarded as povo fought and suffered worse than these guys who claim to have been in Hwahwa reading for degrees. What did they do after the war ended? Classifying people and started calling themselves chefs, heroes and more equal than the majority, started looting and destroying the once vibrant economy. Tazoitirwayi besides being fed with empty promises since 1980. Little did we know that we were supporting people who were looking for good jobs. I stand to see a single ZPF politician who is for the people or who qualifies to be called a NATIONALIST. The only one I know of is the late Dr. Joshua Nkomo, unfortunately he did not have the opportunity to be at the helm of leadership, the rest are their own heroes. Asi kana uchidyawo nawo, yes they become your heroes too, and that qualifies you an enemy of the people.
Mhihha,Chuma yengombe, mangula nenkaka muyezele nekunyalala.
We all know that most Shonas will always side with the Gukurahundis/Zanu PF over anything that concerns Matebeleland/Mthwakazi – that is fine, we all know their selective understanding of democracy and their hatred of anything Ndebele, even as they always pretend otherwise.
But mark my word, now that this Mthwakazi Gukurahundi collaborator is gone we are even more determined to assert our Mthwakazi authority.
I urge you all Mthwakazi people, don’t fold, never flinche fight on, my brothers, fight on. We all young enough, this is for the long haul, domination of man by man will never be tolerated. You have heard them shout the majority nonsense.
You have heard them shout you are not educated. You have heard them insist you go back to KwaZulu Natal. You have heard them call your sisters, mothers, cousins and their own mothers prostitutes – please never give up, fight on my brothers, fight on my sisters, fight on and free yourselves. There has never been such a vengefull, hateful, and ugly people on the African continent and dare I sare, on the planet earth.
Do justice to the Gukurahundi Lucifers. You are being crucified for ancestral history, and yet you were not there. They refuse to listen to reason. They take pleasure in oppressing you, for what reason, I ask? Simple, for thw whiteman’s interpretation of history. They pick and choose, what they want to believe of thevwhiteman’s interpretation of history – refuse to be silenced.
mbonisi do you know you can take a ndebele and resettle him in Murehwa or Bikita and will be welcome, but take a Zezuru or Karanga and settle him in Tsholotsho he will see hell. I worked around the Ndebel regions you guys are the worst tribalist of all time, like it or not that is the truth. At one area I was asked rudely why I can’t speak ndebele and I said nobody has taught me the language and after some hositilities I also had to be rude and asked the person ‘If I can speak ndebele what benefit would I get?’ because I had seen kuti these people were roughing me up.
@wamaromo
The reason should be obvious to you, if you did a bit of intelligent analysis.
The resettled Ndebele in Bikita or Murewa will be welcomed because Mthwakazi people generally quickly integrate and speak the languages of the locals. Most Mthwakazi people who live among the Shona are hardly distinguishable from the Shona. Most Ndebele women married to Shonas always speak their husband’s language Shona. That is why they get easily welcomed.
On the other hand, a Shona resettled in Tsholotsho will see hell because Shonas refuse to integrate with locals, even after 10 years of living among the Mthwakazi people they continue to claim Handinzwi!
Go to Victoria Falls, Beitbridge, West Nicholson; Gwanda; Plumtree; Bulawayo – everywhere – they are all the same. Even your women, they insist of their Shona language and yet they are married to a Mthwakazi. That is why they see hell.
Mbonisi, no no no, it’s not true the say most shonas side with Gukurahundi. Do you have an idea of why and when ZPF lost its majority support base? If you would care to listen let me tell you. The ruthlessness displayed by this Gukurahundi made us the shonas and even ndebeles who supported ZPF thought otherwise. Any reasonable person did not want to be associated with such madness, and added to that, the unquestioned corruption tendencies of the leadership in the name of Takarwa hondo worsened the supporter’s faith in ZPF. If shonas side with that monster, have you ever thought of why 2008 saw scores of people losing their limbs in the once stronghold areas of that part. I would agree with you if you say there is one very clever man from Matabeleland called Jabulani Sibanda who is busy terrorizing the shonas in their home areas in the name of ZPF yet he is making a revenge full time. Tell me shonas are docile, I will agree.
@Nyashanu
I did not say most Shonas support Gukurahundi, the tribal war that waged on the Mthwakazi people in the 1980s ostensibly to hunt down dissidents – no I never said that. Read my contribution above again.
I said, most Shonas today tend to side with the Gukurahundi ZANU PF party and its lead on most of its positions regarding Matebeleland, even if they oppose them on other issues. There is a very big difference there.
Nkomo was in politics for 55 years. So in reporting you distort the facts if you say “Nkomo’s brief political career.” Correct use of language should read “A brief of Nkomo’s polical career.” This distinguishes him from Welshman’s brief political career. Get it right mfana wame.
Friend or Foe, the death of any person is a sorrowful experience. Let God be the judge!!
Demba Ba, Agreed, the death of a person is a sorrowful event, but don’t tell us – Zim has lost a great man who worked hard for the people, I for one no thank you.
Mbonisi
Iwe hameno language yauri kushandisa, that’s not Nbebele. It shows you are not really a Zimbabwean. God back to KZN and claim your citizenship. Hamutongi chero zvodini, ndataura ini MuVhitori ! Nxa …
ko ngochani inonzi mbonisi irikuhukureiko!
Rest In Eternal Peace chief
Death is a stranger.Lets treat those who have passed on with dignity.Of cause no man is perfect and everyman has something in his closet.I dont condone anything to do with getting justice on the so called Hukurahundi.But on a day like today,Zimbabwe is mourning Shona,Ndebele,Karanga,Zezuru,Ndau,Kore kore kana maVhitori.Lets revise our posts Ladies and Gentlemen.Whatever differences you have with the living or the dead,this is not the time to speak,its time to mourn.May his soul rest in peace.
Nhayi imi ndiye atanga kufa here uyu?hapana chaamboita chisati chamboitika ku any family pasi rino,give us a break maida kuti kufe wekwaani.lets debate on better issues apa zvatovharana apa.seri kwe guva hakuna munamato.
RIP JLN. But VaMugabe hamunawo tsitsi imi, how could you keep such a sick man in office like that. You did it on Joshua, on Simon, on Mudenge, now on Landa, ah please sometimes you need to give these people a rest but it also shows that you rule alone, these people are just periphery to your rule because if they really had work to do then that work was not being done, but seeing we moved on without them working, it means they were only there as office seaters only. The VP position is not functionary position to you but a ceremonial position.
Wataura Wamaromo, zvorewazve kuti paya pawanenge wari pazororo hapana anenge achiita basa rese. Saka maoffice ese aya haana chaarikuita for the nation. ndafara.
R.I.P VP Nkomo. i hate pple who take advantage of death to vent their anger on long held grudges and start talking shit. y ddnt yu comment about all these issues all along. musati kana mashaya mari ye school fees mouya kuzo pedzera shungu nekutuka vanhu parufu mhani.
Mbonisi , your hatred is driving you crazy .I don’t think you are a true Ndebele . You behave like a stranger who mourn louder than the bereaved.Your diatribe against the Shona is a ploy to seek attention from your peers within the so called MTWAKAZI madness. You are a counterfeit who is trying frantically to sell yourself as genuine . You are a disgrace to the Ndebele community.Why the hell you choose the moment of bereavement to lash out your forked tongue against the Shonas makes me question your state of mind . You shout profanities against one of your own at a time you should send a condolence massage.You seem to be so paranoid and confused that you see enemies everywhere,real and imagined.Mbonisi,I think you need a psychotheraphetic dose.
R.I.P mr
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