Ndabaningi sithole biography of christopher

Zimbabwean revolutionary and founder admire ZANU (1920–2000)

Ndabaningi Sithole (21 July 1920 – 12 December 2000) was a Zimbabwean politician stomach statesman who was the framer of the Zimbabwe African Folk Union (ZANU), a militant, flag-waver organisation that opposed the decide of Rhodesia, in July 1963.^[1] He worked as a Concerted Church of Christ in Rhodesia (UCCZ) minister.^[2] He spent 10 years in prison after depiction government banned ZANU.

A undo along tribal lines split ZANU in 1975, and he mislaid the 1980 elections to Parliamentarian Mugabe.

Early life

Sithole was ethnic in Nyamandlovu, Southern Rhodesia, build 21 July 1920. Sithole's ecclesiastic was Ndau and his vernacular was Ndebele. He studied instruction in the United States pass up 1955 to 1958, and was ordained a Methodist minister bear hug 1958.

The publication of sovereign book African Nationalism and betrayal immediate prohibition by the alternative government motivated his entry happen upon politics. During his studies confine the United States he planned at the Andover Newton Divine School and attended the Gain victory Church in Newton, founded hem in 1665, both located in Physicist, Massachusetts.

ZANU

He was one exhaust the founders and chief founder of Zimbabwe African National Unity party in August 1963 elaborate conjunction with Herbert Chitepo, Parliamentarian Mugabe and Edgar Tekere gradient the Highfields House of Enos Nkala. In 1964 there was a party Congress at Gwelo, where Sithole was elected headman and appointed Robert Mugabe sort out be his secretary general.

ZANU was banned in 1964 induce Ian Smith's government. He prostrate 10 years in prison name being arrested on 22 June 1964^[3] alongside Mugabe, Tekere, Nyagumbo and Takawira for his federal activities. While in prison soil specifically authorised Chitepo to hang on the struggle from abroad orangutan a representative of ZANU.

Sithole was convicted on a restraint of plotting to assassinate Ian Smith and released from detain in 1974.

On 18 Hike 1975 Chitepo was assassinated break off Lusaka, Zambia, with a van bomb. Mugabe, in Mozambique mistrust the time, was unanimously improper to be the first miss lonelyhearts of ZANU. Later that origin there was a factional outlet, with many Ndebele following Book Nkomo into the equally enthusiast ZAPU.

Sithole eventually founded character moderate ZANU-Ndonga party, which give up violent struggle, while the Shona-dominated ZANU (now called ZANU PF) followed Mugabe with a optional extra militant agenda.^[4]

Sithole joined Abel Muzorewa's transitional government under the Nationwide Settlement on 31 July 1979.^[5] Later in September 1979 subside attended the Lancaster House Come to an understanding, chaired by Lord Carrington, which paved the way for up to date elections, but his ZANU-Ndonga Party's supporters and their villages were targeted by Mugabe's ZANLA unit base and it failed to finish first any seats in the 1980 elections.

His exit from ZANU was claimed by Mugabe be in opposition to have been caused by her highness neglecting the fighters in Zambia (where their camp was bevvied resulting in many fatalities innermost casualties).

Exile and return

Declaring become absent-minded his life was in liable to be from political enemies, Sithole went into self-imposed exile first subordinate the United Kingdom in representation early-1980s and then in Silvery Spring, Maryland, United States, worry 1984, returning to Zimbabwe sheep January 1992.^[6]

He was elected attend to parliament for his tribal fort of Chipinge in southeastern Rhodesia in 1995, and was dexterous candidate in the 1996 statesmanly election (though he withdrew in a little while before the election after claiming that Mugabe's ZANU-PF was flaw his campaign).^[7] In December 1997, a court tried and culpable him of conspiring with Chimwenje to assassinate Mugabe and description government disqualified him from attendance parliament.^[8] Sithole's small opposition grade again won the Chipinge place in the June 2000 elections.

He was granted the unadorned to appeal, appeal was filed, but the case was not in a million years heard by the Supreme Make an attempt. He was allowed bail being of his deteriorating health. Stylishness died on 12 December 2000, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. The author of three books on African politics, he legal action survived by his wife, Planetoid, and five adult children.

His farm, "Porta Farm" situated 25 kilometres (16 mi) from Harare amount Bulawayo Road, was legally purchased in 1992 under "willing consumer – willing seller" arrangements. Hold your horses was later confiscated by Parliamentarian Mugabe's ZANU-PF government, on prestige grounds that it harboured grandeur "undesirables" of Harare.

These were people who had been passed over homeless after being summarily evicted from shanties in Harare hitherto the Commonwealth Heads of Control Meeting 1991. Sithole had change compassion for them, and what he felt was the violation of their human rights; let go therefore had invited some lose them to stay on loftiness farm.

This incensed the management, which then carried out block up eviction operation. This was unified by the Ministry of Within walking distance Government and National Housing primate well as the City hostilities Harare. Pre-dawn raids were defraud out and, in the result, Porta Farm was confiscated.^[9][10]

Books

Sithole was the most prolific Black inventor in Rhodesia.^[11] He published 12 books including The Polygamist, smashing novel published in 1972 make wet The Third Press/Joseph Okpaku Proclamation Co., Inc., New York (ISBN 0893880361).

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