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Robert Gabriel Mugabe was born on 21 February 1924 at the Kutama Mission village in Southern Rhodesia's Zvimba District. [2] His father, Gabriel Matibiri, was a carpenter while his mother Bona was a Christian catechist for the village children. [ 3 ]
Robert Mugabe, the bush war guerrilla who led Zimbabwe to independence and crushed his foes during nearly four decades of rule as his country descended into poverty, hyperinflation and unrest ...
Robert Mugabe and ZAPU leader Joshua Nkomo signed the Unity Accord on 22 December 1987. [23] This effectively merged ZAPU and ZANU into the Zimbabwe African National Union – Patriotic Front (ZANU–PF). On 18 April 1988, Mugabe announced an amnesty for all dissidents, and Nkomo called on them to lay down their arms.
The 1980 election resulted in a ZANU–PF victory with Robert Mugabe becoming prime minister and Canaan Banana president. Mugabe and Banana were returned to office in the 1985 election. However, in 1987 the government revised the constitution and made the presidency an executive post.
Solomon Mujuru (born Solomon Tapfumaneyi Mutusva; 5 May 1945 – 15 August 2011), also known by his nom-de-guerre, Rex Nhongo, was a Zimbabwean military officer and politician who led Robert Mugabe's guerrilla forces during the Rhodesian Bush War. [1]
Robert Mugabe, with his brother Chatunga, launched the xGx clothing label in Johannesburg, in December 2017. [3] [5] The brothers had previously launched Trip Life music-entertainment company. [5] Mugabe is also a brand ambassador for SVG fashion brand. [6] In 2022, Mugabe was a member of Emmerson Mnangagwa's political campaign team. [7]
Robert Mugabe (of ZANLA/ZANU) won this election, because he was the only major competitor of the majority ethnicity, Shona. Once in power, Mugabe was internationally recognised as Zimbabwe's leader and was installed as head of government, and had the backing of the overwhelming majority ethnic group.
Six days after the Lancaster House Agreement was signed Robert Mugabe, on the Voice of Zimbabwe radio station, conveyed "an extremely sad message" to "all the fighting people of Zimbabwe": the forty-one-year-old Tongogara was dead, killed in a car accident in Mozambique on 26 December 1979.