Zimbabwe: VP Nkomo Declared National Hero

18 January 2013

VP Nkomo (79) who died on Thursday morning after succumbing to cancer will be buried at the National Heroes' Acre on Monday. Addressing mourners at VP Nkomo's Milton Park residence yesterday, President Mugabe said the Zanu-PF Politburo meeting at the party headquarters had unanimously agreed that VP Nkomo be declared a national hero.

Family representative and VP Nkomo's son Jabulani said the family accepted the honour bestowed on his father as a national hero. According to the programme announced by Zanu-PF national secretary for administration Cde Didymus Mutasa, VP Nkomo's body would be flown to his rural home in Tsholotsho tomorrow.

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