​Comrade Ngobile Melusi

​​Comrade Ngobile Melusi

​FATHERS OF NATIONS CHARACTER AND CHARACTERISATION

​He's a comrade and citizen of Zimbabwe. He's also a politician and husband to Ziliza who lost her life to tribal clashes.

​Curious

​When he discovers that he is diabetic, he reads pamphlets about it with an interest similar to that which first time car owners read manuals (Pg 83). He wants to know more about diabetes hence how to manage it...this attitude pays off; he is now an authority on diabetes. (Pg 83)

​Firm

​He insisted that he must get in with his needle and indeed he succeeds. He never succumbs to the officer's demands...so sir I will let you in with your medicine after all please proceed. (Pg 85)

​Keen

​He observes that they were the only customers yet it was 1:30 pm noting that the economy had crashed.

​Loving

He loved his wife Ziliza dearly. When narrating how he to lost her, he cries.

...Comrade Melusi starts to glisten with the beginning of tears. (Pg 90)

He lies on his bed daydreaming about Ziliza. He reaches out for his wallet then pulls out her photograph...just to bring out the memories.

​The caller tells Melusi to come urgently to a meeting in an hour yet Comrade Melusi returns to his wife's photo. This shows how Comrade Melusi loved his wife.