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Vice Presidency: It’s Obert Mpofu’s time

SAD as it is, Vice President John Nkomo’s death has presented an opportunity for someone in his Zanu PF party to ascend to the second most powerful position in Zimbabwe. Nkomo becomes the fourth VP to die in office after Joshua Nkomo, Simon…
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Tsvangirai and Nkomo were close friends

HARARE - The late Vice-President John Landa Nkomo’s son, Jabulani, yesterday revealed that his father and Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai were very close friends whose relationship dated back to the days when Nkomo was Labour minister…
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John Nkomo funeral in pictures

THOUSANDS of Zimbabweans and leaders from the Sadc region thronged the National Heroes Acre yesterday for the burial of Vice President Landa John Nkomo who died last Thursday after a long battle with cancer. He was 79.
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Emotional send-off for John Nkomo

BULAWAYO - Thousands of people from Matabeleland yesterday braved the heavy rains to pay their last respects to Vice President Landa John Nkomo whose body viewing had to be moved from White City Stadium to the Large City Hall because of the…
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Nkomo makes last trip to Bulawayo

Scores of Zanu-PF leaders in Mata­beleland broke down yesterday at the Joshua Mqabuko Nkomo Interna­tional Airport as the body of Vice-President John Landa Nkomo arrived in Bulawayo en route to his rural home in Tsholotsho.
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Nkomo death spurs power battle

VICE-President John Nkomo (78) died at Harare’s St Anne’s Hospital aggravating the bruising battle for the vice-presidency among Zanu PF heavyweights from Matabeleland who started jostling for the post as his health deteriorated.
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Nkomo 4th Zimbabwe VP to die in office

Zimbabwe’s 78 year old Vice President John Nkomo died of cancer this week. He was the fourth Zimbabwean Vice President to die in office after Joshua Nkomo aged 82 in 1999, Simon Muzenda aged 80 in 2003 and Joseph Msika aged 85 who died in…
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My father has rested: Jabulani Nkomo

Vice President John Nkomo’s son, Jabulani says the Nkomo family is devastated by the death of their father whom he said was in a lot of pain. “My father has rested. This time around it is not a rumour. He was in a lot of pain and died today…
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