Ilizwe le Zimbabwe ngoLwesihlanu likhumbule iqhawe lesizwe umuyi uJoshua Mqabuko Nyongolo, ochazwe ngabaneni njengomuntu owalwela inkululeko yelizwe, wabambanisa abantu njalo nxa kulokubi akwenzayo kwedlulwa ngokuhle akwenzayo.
UNkomo walwela inkululeko ye Zimbabwe ekhokhela ibandla le ZAPU njalo engu mholi we viyo leZPRA.
Wavalelwa ejele okweminyaka elitshumi nguhulumende wabamhlphe, esetheswa icala lokufuna ukumkhupha ngenxa yomsebenzi wakhe wezombusazwe.
Kuthe ngo mnyaka ka1980 ilizwe lithola uzibuse, ibandla ayelikhokhela eleZAPU lanqotshwa kukhetho ngele ZANU elalikhokhelwa nguRobert Mugabe.
Uhulumende kaMugabe waqala ukubulala abantu ngesikhathi sombuqazwe weGukurahundi olwenza ukuba abasekeli baka Nkomo babulawe lokuhlukunyezwa kabuhlungu.
Wacina ebambana loMugabe phansi komanyano ka1987, okwenza ukuba ibandla lePF ZAPU libambane lele ZANU kwabunjwa eleZANU PF.
Kulabanye abatsha abathi uNkomo waphambanisa ngokubambana lebandla leZANU PF kodwa ingcitshi zithi lokhu akusiqiniso.
Ibandla leZAPU lithi uNkomo wasebenzela ilizwe le Zimbabwe, isikhulumeli sebandla leli uMnu Msongelwa Ndlovu uthi, “Sithakazelela usuku luka baba uNkomo owatshona ngelanga lanamhlanje. Thina njengo ZAPU sinanzelela ukuba uNkomo wakhokhela ibandla leli le butho waletha inkululeko. Wayebambanisa abantu be Zimbabwe”
Ibandla leli lichaze uNkomo njengomuntu owayefuna ukuvuselela amabhizimusi abensudu lisipha umzekeliso wokuphiwa kwe nkampani yeEconet Wireless imvumo yokusebenza ngu Nkomo.
Ummeli wesigaba seHwange Central edale lephalamende, uMnu. Danel Molokele, uthi uNkomo wayezithobile njalo wafundisa abanengi ubukhokheli obuqotho.
Kodwa uMnu Mbonisi Gumbo, owebandla le Mthwakazi Republic party uthi uNkomo wayengamelanga ebambanele le ZANU PF.
“Yena wayekhathalela wonke umuntu njalo kungabi lobandlululo. Wawungumbono omuhle kodwa iqiniso elikhona yikuthi abantu beZANU babevele befuna ukumliswa.”
UNkomo wabhubha mhlaka 1 Ntulikazi ngo mnyaka ka 1999, okwazwisa abantu abanengi usizi ngenxa yobukhokheli bakhe obabubambanisa abantu engakhethi umhlobo.