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Joshua Nkomo
Joshua Mqabuko Nyongolo Nkomo was a Zimbabwean revolutionary and socialist politician who served as Vice-President of Zimbabwe under Robert Mugabe from 1990 until his death in 1999. He founded and led the Zimbabwe African People's Union (ZAPU) from 1961 until, after an internal military crackdown in western Zimbabwe, ZAPU merged in 1987 with Robert Mugabe's Zimbabwe African National Union (ZANU) t…
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Born 19 June 1917 · Died 1 July 1999 · Q470290
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They are immigrants to this country and if young blacks remain at the stage where they are today they will say "makabva kupi imi? Nyika ndeyedu." [Where did you come from? This country is ours.] But it must be "nyika ndeyedu tese, varungu nevanhu vatema." [The country is ours, both white and blacks]
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Opis: do prezydenta Tanzanii Juliusa Nyerere, który zaprosił Mugabe i Nkomo do siebie, by przedyskutować plany bliższej współpracy.
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2019· 1 entry
2016· 1 entry
Zimbabwe: Zimbabweans Say Joshua Nkomo Loved His Nation
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2015· 1 entry
Zimbabwe: Late Joshua Nkomo's Son Says Zimbabwe Leaders Too Selfish
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1999· 4 entries
Died 1999-07-01.
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“They are immigrants to this country and if young blacks remain at the stage where they are today they will say "makabva kupi imi? Nyika ndeyedu." [Where did you come from? This country is ours.] But it must be "nyika ndeyedu tese, varungu nevanhu vatema." [The country is ours, both white and blacks]”
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Nkomo was declared a National Hero and is buried in the National Heroes' Acre in Harare
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“Opis: do prezydenta Tanzanii Juliusa Nyerere, który zaprosił Mugabe i Nkomo do siebie, by przedyskutować plany bliższej współpracy.”
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1988· 1 entry
“Opis: o porozumieniu pokojowym Joshuy Nkomo i Roberta Mugabe z 1988.”
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1987· 4 entries
Career landmark: Second Vice President of Zimbabwe (1987–1999).
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With Robert Mugabe's Zimbabwe African National Union (ZANU) to form ZANU–PF
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Controversially signed the Unity Accord allowing ZAPU to merge with ZANU to stop the genocide
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Nkomo consented to the absorption of ZAPU into ZANU, resulting in a unified party called ZANU-PF, leaving Zimbabwe as effectively a one-party state and leading some Ndebeles to accuse Nkomo of selling out
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1984· 2 entries
Nkomo wrote, "during that interview, the interviewee had asked about what we used to down the planes and I said stones, jokingly in an attempt to avoid answering the question due to military intelligence which demanded s
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“during that interview, the interviewee had asked about what we used to down the planes and I said stones, jokingly in an attempt to avoid answering the question due to military intelligence which demanded secrecy regarding what type of weapons we had acquired from the Soviet Union. They remembered the laugh and not the regret for the shooting down of both aircraft.”
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1983· 1 entry
Fearing for his life in the early stages of the Gukurahundi, Nkomo fled the country
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1982· 1 entry
Was accused of plotting a coup d'état after South African double agents in Zimbabwe's Central Intelligence Organization, attempting to cause distrust between ZAPU and ZANU, planted arms on ZAPU owned farms and then tippe
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1980· 1 entry
And to the surprise of Nkomo but few others, the Common Roll vote split on predictable tribal lines, with the 20 seats in Matabeleland going to ZAPU (listed as "PF–ZAPU") and all but three of the sixty in predominantly S
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1979· 1 entry
Between Ian Smith and Ndabaningi Sithole's ZANU Mwenje, which by now had also split from Mugabe's more militant ZANU faction
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1974· 1 entry
ZAPU contributed to the fall of that government, along with the splinter rival ZANU, created in 1963
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1964· 1 entry
With fellow outlaw rebels Ndabaningi Sithole, Edgar Tekere, Enos Nkala, Maurice Nyagumbo, and Mugabe, until 1974
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1963· 1 entry
With Sithole and Mugabe taking their supporters and forming the Zimbabwe African National Union (ZANU)
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1959· 1 entry
When SRANC was banned, its property confiscated, and many of its leaders arrested
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1957· 1 entry
Nkomo was elected chairman
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1953· 1 entry
Ran for Parliament in the first federal election, although he lost
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1951· 1 entry
Studied at University of South Africa, Bachelor of Arts (1951).
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1947· 1 entry
Became a trade unionist for black railway workers and rose to the leadership of the Railway Workers Union and then to leadership of the Southern Rhodesian chapter of the African National Congress
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1942· 1 entry
At the age of 25, during his career as a teacher, he decided that he should go to South Africa to further his education, do carpentry and qualify to a higher level
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1917· 2 entries
Born 1917-06-19.
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“Acre in Harare. On 27 June 2000, a set of four postage stamps were issued by the Post and Telecommunications Corporation of Zimbabwe featuring Joshua Nkomo. They had denominations of ZW$2.00, $9.10, $12.00 and $16.00. Notes and references Works cited Ndlovu-Gatsheni, Sabelo J. (2017). Joshua Mqabuko Nkomo of Zimbabwe:Politics, Power, and Memory. Cham, Switzerland: Palgrave Macmillan. ISBN 978-3-319-60555-5. Sibanda, Eliakim M. (2005) The Zimbabwe African People”
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