Nkomo the unifier

THE late Vice President Landa John Nkomo left a legacy of reconciliation, national healing and tolerance for which he worked tirelessly to promote in the country. He will be fondly remembered as a dedicated and revolutionary leader. Cde Nkomo was passionate about unity and reconciliation and worked to come up with a mechanism to promote national healing and tolerance in the country. He was a teacher, trade unionist, liberator and politician. He distinguished himself as a committed patriot, civil servant and peacemaker since the earliest nationalist parties of the 1950s and 1960s, right through to the more confrontational phase of the independence struggle of the 1970s and post-independence.

The late Vice President was indeed a dedicated revolutionary for the liberation of the country while in Zimbabwe and in Zambia where he served as the Secretary of Administration for PF-Zapu.

He played a pivotal role during the Lancaster House Conference that culminated in the independence of the country and dedicated his life to serving the country before and after independence.

Cde Nkomo was a unifier. He was humble and concerned about progress, unity and development.

Fellow Zimbabweans should follow in the footsteps and dictates of the late Vice President.

Newly appointed Vice President Phelekezela Mphoko said he felt challenged by his new post which has been occupied by luminaries such as Cde Nkomo.