Push for Joshua Nkomo Public Holiday

Zanu-PF in Matabeleland North resolved to lobby the government to declare July 1 a public holiday for the late Vice President and liberation leader Dr Joshua Mqabuko Nkomo, who died in 1999. The Provincial Coordinating Committee adopted the proposal in Lupane. Leaders highlighted Nkomo’s role as “Father Zimbabwe”. He is already honored through Bulawayo’s airport, a city statue, and streets bearing his name.