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Nkomo
Nkomo may refer to: * John Nkomo (1934–2013), 3rd Second Vice-President of Zimbabwe (2009–2013) * Joshua Nkomo (1917–1999), 1st Second Vice-President of Zimbabwe (1987–1999) * Nkwenkwe Nkomo, an anti-apartheid student activist in the 1970s * William Frederick Nkomo William Frederick Nkomo (1915–1972) was a South African medical doctor, community leader, political activist and teacher from Pretoria. He was the founding chairman of the African National Congress Youth League. While at the University of the Wi ... (1915–1972), a South African medical doctor, community leader, political activist and teacher {{Surname Bantu-language surnames ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joshua Nkomo
Joshua Mqabuko Nyongolo Nkomo (19 June 1917 – 1 July 1999) was a Zimbabwean revolutionary and Matabeleland politician who served as Vice-President of Zimbabwe from 1990 until his death in 1999. He founded and led the Zimbabwe African People's Union (ZAPU) from 1961 until it merged in 1987 with Robert Mugabe's Zimbabwe African National Union (ZANU) to form ZANU–PF after an internal military crackdown that claimed more than 20,000 of ZAPU supporters. He was a leading trade union leader, who progressed on to become president of the banned National Democratic Party, and was jailed for ten years by Rhodesia's white minority government. After his release in 1974, ZAPU contributed to the fall of that government, along with the splinter rival ZANU, created in 1963. In 1983, fearing for his life in the early stages of the Gukurahundi, Nkomo fled the country. Later in 1987, he controversially signed the Unity Accord allowing ZAPU to merge with ZANU to stop the genocide. Nkomo earne ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Frederick Nkomo
William Frederick Nkomo (1915–1972) was a South African medical doctor, community leader, political activist and teacher from Pretoria. He was the founding chairman of the African National Congress Youth League. While at the University of the Witwatersrand, Nkomo was the first black student to serve on the Students Representative Committee. After graduation, he practiced as a teacher and medical doctor in various parts of Pretoria. He was later also involved in thMoral Re-Armament Movement He was also elected president of the South African Institute of Race Relations, and was a steward of the Methodist Church and Trustee of the Bantu Welfare Trust. Early life and education William Frederick Nkomo was born in Makapanstad, Transvaal in 1915. He was the son of a Methodist Minister, Reverend Abraham Nkomo. Nkomo attended primary school in Mahikeng and Klerksdorp, studied for his secondary education at St Peter's School in Rosettenville and matriculated at Healdtown Institute ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Nkomo
John Landa Nkomo (born 22 August, 1934 – died 17 January, 2013), was a Zimbabwean politician who served as Vice-President of Zimbabwe from 2009 to 2013. After serving for years as a minister in the government of Zimbabwe, he was the Speaker of Parliament from 2005 to 2008. He was then appointed to the Senate in 2008 and was Minister of State in the President's Office in 2009. Nkomo was also a key figure in the Zimbabwe African National Union – Patriotic Front (ZANU–PF); he was National Chairman of ZANU–PF until December 2009, when he was elected as Vice President of ZANU–PF. As a consequence of his elevation to the party's vice presidency, he also became Vice President of Zimbabwe in December 2009. Political career Nkomo was a member of Joshua Nkomo's Zimbabwe African People's Union (ZAPU) before the party merged with Robert Mugabe's Zimbabwe African National Union (ZANU) to create ZANU–PF in 1987. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nkwenkwe Nkomo
Nkwenkwe Nkomo of South Africa is the group deputy chairman of Draftfcb, FCB SA, South Africa's largest marketing communication group, and chairperson of the Advertising Standards Authority (South Africa), Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) of South Africa. He also served as one of 12 elected volunteer members of the World Scout Committee, the main executive body of the World Organization of the Scout Movement. As an anti-apartheid student activist in the 1970s, he was one of the so-called "South African Students' Organisation, SASO nine" imprisoned on Robben Island for six years. Nkomo speaks nine South African languages. "That came through living in the township, not through a formal program," says Nkomo. Nkwenkwe is Xhosa language, Xhosa for "little boy", and Nkomo means "cow", so his name means "cowboy". Nkomo always wears a signature Fez (hat), fez perched on his head. South African Students' Organisation In the 1970s, Nkomo was active in opposition to the apartheid ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vice-President Of Zimbabwe
The vice-president of Zimbabwe is the second highest political position obtainable in Zimbabwe. Currently there is a provision for two vice-presidents, who are appointed by the president of Zimbabwe. The vice-presidents are designated as "First" and "Second" in the Constitution of Zimbabwe; the designation reflects their position in the presidential order of succession. Under the ruling ZANU–PF party, the vice-presidential post ranked first in the order of succession has traditionally been reserved for a representative of the party's historical ZANU wing (mainly ethnic Shona), while the other vice-presidential post has gone to a representative of the party's historical ZAPU wing (mainly ethnic Northern Ndebele). List vice-presidents ;''Political parties'' * * ;''Symbols'' * Died in office First vice-presidents Second vice-presidents Rank by time in office First vice-presidents Second vice-presidents Living former vice-presidents First vice-presidents There are ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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