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To: happygrl
What DID happen to Nkomo and ZAPU? Is he still alive?
10 posted on 03/17/2002 5:33:26 AM PST by quebecois
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To: quebecois
Joshua Nkomo died approximately two years ago - shortly thereafter Mugabe launched his thugs on the farmers and the opposition. I think Nkomo tempered the worst of Mugabe the best he could while he was alive.

Zapu was co-opted by ZANU within a few years after the 1980 elections. It was taken into government, then dissolved into the "one party state". This is why MDC and Tsvangirai will NOT be fooled into a government of national unity.

12 posted on 03/17/2002 6:02:46 AM PST by happygrl
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