I am a fan of one Zimbabwe' leading international entrepreneurs and philanthropist Strive Masiyiwa who is featured on Forbes Magazine as one of the richest people in the Africa today. However, my memory is still fresh about the days back in the late 90s when Strive Masiyiwa was still little known and the and the late Dr Joshua Nkomo went through verbal abuse "from powers that be "for fighting for him. They tried to intimidate Nkomo, but the old man could not be moved. He said " Yekelani umfana lowo athathe icontract nguye owaqalayo" Then Senior Minister Joyce Mujuru even suggested that Nkomo was old, and senile and did not know anything.
All this was just for standing up for Strive. This angered a lot Ndebele citizens myself included and being a young pen activist, I took to the new papers Letters to the editor column to express my disgust. Confidential the Minister Mujuru apologized for senile remarks, hardly a week later. (Do not forget that this comes self exaggerated person take it with a pinch of salt) Point here is that before there was Strive ,there was a Joshua Nkomo. Kudos to Strive on such an outstanding achievement.
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