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    Harare, (New Ziana) – Zimbabweans have been beseeched to shun divisive tendencies and help safeguard the country’s stable unitary democracy that many fallen heroes painstakingly crafted.

    In a message commemorating the death of former Vice President John Landa Nkomo on January 17, 2013, President Emmerson Mnangagwa said the Second Republic is walking the talk by leaving no-one and no place behind when delivering national policies, programmes and projects.

    VP Nkomo died of cancer at St Anne’s Hospital in Harare at the age of 78.

    “On this day, 17th January, 2025, the Second Republic joins the Nkomo Family in commemorating the 12th Anniversary of the passing on of the former Vice President of the Republic of Zimbabwe, Dr John Landa Nkomo,” read a statement from the Office of the President.

    “An ardent revolutionary, diligent nation-builder and a dedicated champion of peace, Dr John Landa Nkomo’s footprints traversed the nascent trade union and nationalist landscape from 1958 to Independence, and the immediate post-Inclusive Government era. Cde John Landa Nkomo was a passionate educator, an eloquent and forthright politician who pioneered lasting developmental projects in his rural Tsholotsho District and beyond.”

    He served in several portfolios as Deputy Minister of Industry and Energy (1981), Minister of State in the Prime Minister’s Office (1982-84), Minister of Labour, Manpower Planning and Social Welfare (1982-1984), Minister of Local Government and National Housing (1997), Minister of Home Affairs (2000), Minister of State in the President’s Office responsible for Special Affairs (2002), and Speaker of Parliament (2005-2008).

    He also served as Minister of State in the President’s Office responsible for National Healing, Reconciliation and Integration, and as National Chairman of the ruling ZANU-PF Party in 2009, the same year that he became the Vice President of Zimbabwe, until the time of his death.

    On the international scene, Dr Nkomo was elected to the Presidency of the International Labour Conference in 1993, and chaired the Governing Body of the International Labour Organisation in 1994.

    “The late former Vice President exuded unparalleled patriotism and dedication to the values of unity and peace as expressed in his popular mantra “Peace begins with me. Peace begins with you. Peace begins with all of us.”

    As we remember Cde. John Landa Nkomo, we should forever cherish the peace and tranquillity that has become the cornerstone of our developmental trajectory,” said President Mnangagwa.

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