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Following the assassination of Chitepo on 18 March 1975, Sithole assumed leadership of the party, but faced immediate opposition from the more militant wing of ZANU, as Sithole was a proponent of détente. This crisis grew with the Mgagao Declaration, where ZANLA leaders and guerillas declared their
409:(registered as such) won a majority with ZAPU (registered as PF–ZAPU) in second place. ZAPU merged into ZANU–PF in 1987. Sithole's group (registered as ZANU) failed to win any seats in 1980. Later it won a few seats and was renamed 891: 754: 373:, with the support of ZANLA, who continued the murder and intimidation of farmers. Both groups continued to use the name ZANU. The Mugabe faction formed the 1338: 1318: 832: 365:
opposition to Sithole, and led to the effective split of ZANU into a group led by Sithole, who renounced violent struggle, and the group led by
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Most of ZANU's operations were planned from exile, where the party leadership was based throughout the 1970s, when the party had offices in
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This article is about the political formation during the period 1963–1980. For the military formation, see
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There were two splits within ZANU prior to independence. The first was with
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in London, where a new constitution and elections were prepared.
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Index

ZANLA
ZANU–PF
ZANU–Ndonga
Flag of ZANU
Enos Nkala
Ndabaningi Sithole
Edgar Tekere
Herbert Chitepo
Leopold Takawira
Washington Malianga
Herbert Ushewokunze
Zimbabwe African People's Union
ZANU–PF
ZANU – Ndonga
Ideology
African nationalism
African socialism
Pan-Africanism
Political position
Left-wing
Politics of Zimbabwe
Political parties
Elections
socialist
fought
white-minority
Rhodesia
Zimbabwe African People's Union
Robert Mugabe
Ndabaningi Sithole

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