Personally, he did not achieve much in his academic endeavour, but that has not stopped him from wanting the best for the new generation of rural pupils from his home area of Plumtree.
Nkomose, who works in Johannesburg, used his Christmas holiday to donate educational supplies to Tjingababili, Makuzeze and Tshitshi primary schools in a ceremony attended by traditional and political leaders under whose jurisdiction the schools lie.
“We have complained for too long and I have decided it is now time I put my money where my mouth is,” he said. “I began to buy the supplies from my meagre earnings in January last year and by December I had bought the more than 1,000 books and other goods.”
The schools equally shared the donation of textbooks, exercise books, pencil crayons, rulers, erasers and ballpoint pens.
“I did my primary school at Makuzeze, so I saw it one of my obligations to contribute to the current generation of students at not only that school, but neighbouring ones as well. This will not be a once-off thing and this year, I would like to donate more supplies and to more schools,” said Nkomose.
“Zimbabwe belongs to all of us and we must be seen doing something to better its future. Educating a child is building a firm foundation towards future national success. I would also urge others who can do the same wherever they come from if we are to beat the challenges our country is facing right now.”
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