Ndabaningi Sithole

Ndabaningi Sithole
Sithole in 1955
Member of Parliament of Zimbabwe
for Chipinge South
In office
1995–2000
Preceded byGoodson Sithole
Succeeded byWilson Khumbula
Personal details
Born21 July 1920
Nyamandhlovu, Rhodesia
Died12 December 2000(2000-12-12) (aged 80)
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, US
Political partyZANU (1963–1975)
ZANU–Ndonga (after 1975)
SpouseVesta Zvamwaida Sithole
Children5
Alma materAndover Newton Theological School

Ndabaningi Sithole (21 July 1920 – 12 December 2000) was a Zimbabwean politician and statesman who was the founder of the Zimbabwe African National Union (ZANU), a militant, nationalist organisation that opposed the government of Rhodesia, in July 1963.[1] He worked as a United Church of Christ in Zimbabwe (UCCZ) minister.[2] He spent 10 years in prison after the government banned ZANU. A rift along tribal lines split ZANU in 1975, and he lost the 1980 elections to Robert Mugabe.

  1. ^ Veenhoven, Willem Adriaan, Ewing, and Winifred Crum. Case Studies on Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms: A World Survey, 1975. Page 326.
  2. ^ Uys, Stanley (15 December 2000). "The Rev Ndabaningi Sithole". TheGuardian.com. Retrieved 7 July 2020.

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