Zimbabwe: PF Zapu Leader Nkomo Was Kalanga, Insists Dabengwa

THE furore surrounding the late vice president Joshua Nkomo's tribal origins continued Tuesday with another veteran of the liberation struggle Dumiso Dabengwa insisting the late nationalist was from the Kalanga ethnic group.

During the bush war that brought majority rule, Dabengwa was a close Nkomo confidante serving in the Zipra armed wing as chief of intelligence.

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