ZAPU

/ ˈzæpuː /

acronym

1. Zimbabwe African People's Union

Example Sentences

Despite his money-raising role, Mr Mnangagwa, a lawyer who grew up in Zambia, has a fearsome reputation that was cemented after independence during the civil war that broke out in the 1980s between Mr Mugabe's Zanu party and the Zapu party of Joshua Nkomo.

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Thousands of civilians - mainly ethnic Ndebeles, seen as Zapu supporters - were killed in a campaign known as Gukurahundi, before the two parties merged to form Zanu-PF.

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In 1987, he oversaw an uneven merger of his party with Mr. Nkomo’s ZAPU, which was dissolved.

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His rival’s party, Zapu, was ethnically largely Ndebele, while Zanu was predominantly Shona.

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"People were told there were magic binoculars which could tell which way they voted and there were no-go areas for other parties," said Mr Dabengwa, whose Zapu party came a distant second in 1980.

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