On this day in 2000, former member of parliament, Henry Swan Elsworth died at the age of 70. He was shot on his way back to his farm. His Son accused independence war veterans and supppoters of the ruling party who had been tyring to take their farm arguing that there were responsible for his […]
Read More →On this day in 1924, the late Zimbabwean politician, Maurice Nyagumbo was born in Rusape. Nyagumbo befriended William Mashaba who introduced him to the Rhodesia Communist Party. After the Communist Party party was banned in 1948, Nyagumbo by chance met James Chikerema, who helped him to form Central African Social Club (CASC) for the purpose […]
Read More →On this day in 2000, the founder of Zimbabwe African National Union, Ndabaningi Sithole died at the age of 80. His political ambition began in 1960 when he joined the new National Democratic Party (NDP) which was led by Joshua Nkomo. In the 1995 election, he won a seat in Parliament but later that year […]
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