Today in History, on 15 March 1983, the then opposition leader Joshua Nkomo, who spent two decades in prison or exile fighting white rule, fled black-governed Zimbabwe for Botswana.
Nkomo managed to escape however his family members were arrested. Sources said Nkomo’s wife, Johanna, was arrested on a train that was taking her from the southern city of Bulawayo to Harare, where she had an airline ticket for London.
Nkomo’s daughtewr, Thandi, and her husband, John Ndhlovu, were also arrested.
Today in History, on 15 March 1983, the then opposition leader Joshua Nkomo, who spent two decades in prison or exile fighting white rule, fled black-governed Zimbabwe for Botswana.
Nkomo managed to escape however his family members were arrested. Sources said Nkomo’s wife, Johanna, was arrested on a train that was taking her from the southern city of Bulawayo to Harare, where she had an airline ticket for London.
Nkomo’s daughtewr, Thandi, and her husband, John Ndhlovu, were also arrested.
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