Nkomo jolts Zanu PF

A bid by players outside government to honour the late Vice-President Joshua Nkomo’s legacy has jolted Zanu PF into action amid revelations ministers are now under pressure to complete projects to be named after the veteran nationalist.

Zanu PF last week reportedly moved in to block the inaugural Joshua Mqabuko Nkomo Lecture at the National University of Science and Technology (Nust) following concerns that President Robert Mugabe had been sidelined.

There is mounting anger in Matabeleland that it has taken 13 years to honour Nkomo, with projects such as the Joshua Mqabuko International Airport in Bulawayo and statues to be erected in Bulawayo and Harare in limbo.

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