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Joshua Mqabuko Nyongolo Nkomo (19 June 1917 – 1 July 1999) was a Zimbabwean revolutionary and politician who served as Vice-President of Zimbabwe from 1990 until his death in 1999. He founded and led the Zimbabwe African People's Union (ZAPU) from 1961 until it merged in 1987 with Robert Mugabe 's Zimbabwe African National Union (ZANU) to ...
She played for the Zimbabwe women's national cricket team in the 2017 Women's Cricket World Cup Qualifier in February 2017. [3] She made her Women's Twenty20 International (WT20I) debut for Zimbabwe against Namibia women on 5 January 2019. [4] In February 2021, she was named in Zimbabwe's squad for their home series against Pakistan. [5]
John Nkomo. John Landa Nkomo (22 August 1934 – 17 January 2013) was a Zimbabwean politician who served as Vice-President of Zimbabwe from 2009 to 2013. After serving for years as a minister in the government of Zimbabwe, he was the Speaker of Parliament from 2005 to 2008. He was then appointed to the Senate in 2008 and was Minister of State ...
Statue of Joshua Nkomo. The statue of Joshua Nkomo is a monument to the Zimbabwean vice president Joshua Nkomo [1] [2] in Bulawayo, Zimbabwe's second largest city. The bronze statue was produced by the North Korean company Mansudae Art Studio [3] and is erected at the intersection of Joshua Nkomo Street and 8th Avenue. [4]
Transgender genocide. Ukrainian genocide accusation. Category. v. t. e. The Gukurahundi was a series of mass killings in Zimbabwe which were committed from 1982 until the Unity Accord in 1987. The name derives from a Shona-language term which loosely translates to "the early rain which washes away the chaff before the spring rains". [5]
The Zimbabwe People's Revolutionary Army (ZIPRA) was a primarily-Ndebele anti-government force, led by Joshua Nkomo and ZAPU. [citation needed] ZIPRA trained and planned their missions in Zambian bases; however, this was not always with full Zambian government support.
Abbreviation. ZIPRA. Zimbabwe People's Revolutionary Army ( ZIPRA) was the military wing of the Zimbabwe African People's Union (ZAPU), a Marxist–Leninist political party in Rhodesia. It participated in the Rhodesian Bush War against white minority rule of Rhodesia (modern Zimbabwe ). ZIPRA (or often ZPRA) was formed during the 1960s by the ...
Originally known as Bulawayo International Airport, it was renamed in honour of the late Dr Joshua Nkomo, the leader and founder of the Zimbabwe African People's Union in 2001. [2] [3] Dr Nkomo also served as a Vice President of the Zimbabwe Government. It is another of Zimbabwe's international airports. Robert Gabriel Mugabe International ...