VICE- President Joshua Nkomo died a bitter man because the then Zanu
PF government refused to return properties seized from Zapu soon after
independence, Water Resources minister Samuel Sipepa Nkomo said
yesterday.
Pamela Mhlanga
Speaking at a “meet the candidates” debate series organised by the
Bulawayo Progressive Residents’ Association at Lobengula Hall, Sipepa
Nkomo said Zanu PF haunted Nkomo “to his grave”.
“Zanu PF troubled Joshua Nkomo too much such that he used to
constantly air out his frustrations to me about the harassment he
received from Zanu PF before he died,” Nkomo said.
“I am telling you now as a matter of fact that Joshua Nkomo died with
a broken heart because Zanu PF never gave him any peace of mind.” The
minister, eyeing the Lobengula seat on an MDC-T ticket, said he
frequently received phone calls from the late VP complaining about the
poor treatment he got from Zanu PF.
“I received calls from his office in Monomotapa (Harare) and he also
told me how frustrated he was that Zanu PF was not giving him back his
properties,” Sipepa Nkomo said. Nkomo also documented the ill treatment
by Zanu PF on his biography The Story of My Life. He died in 1999 and
his family has complained that his party has done little to preserve his
legacy. Sipepa Nkomo also claimed that there was no other political
party in Zimbabwe that had the ability to dislodge Zanu PF leader
President Robert Mugabe other than MDC-T.
“We have no problems with the Welshman Ncube-led MDC and neither do
we have any problems with Zapu nor any other party, but we do have a
problem with Mugabe and his Zanu PF,” he said.
“Our focus is that he must go together with his party.
“Therefore if other political parties share that wish with us that
Mugabe must go, it will be possible to remove him if they use MDC-T as a
channel.”
Sipepa Nkomo’s opponents in Lobengula, MDC spokesperson Nhlanhla
Dube, Albert Ndimande of Zapu and Witness Jiyane from Alliance Khumbula
Ekhaya took part in the debate.
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