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Edson Jonasi Zvobgo (October 2, 1935 - August 22, 2004) was a founder of Zimbabwe's ruling party Zanu-PF during the struggle years, was a member of the black delegation to the Lancaster House in late 1979, a Harvard-trained lawyer, and a poet. October 2 - Wikipedia /**/ @import /skins-1. ...
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The Zimbabwe African National Union - Patriotic Front (ZANU-PF) has been the ruling party in Zimbabwe since independence in 1980, led by Robert Mugabe, first as Prime Minister with the party simply known as ZANU, and then as President from 1988 after taking over ZAPU and renaming the party ZANU...
The Lancaster House Agreement was the independence agreement for Rhodesia, nowadays known as Zimbabwe. ...
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A misspelling of his name by the media is Eddison Zvobgo - even by the Zimbabwe Herald.
He was born in southern Zimbabwe in 1935, near Fort Victoria (now Masvingo), where his father was a minister in the Dutch Reformed Church. In 1960, Zvobgo won a scholarship to Tufts University in Boston, Massachusetts aged 25. After taking a bachelor's degree there in 1964, he returned home to be arrested and detained for political activism against white rule in Rhodesia, along with Robert Mugabe and Joshua Nkomo. 1935 was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ...
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Robert Gabriel Mugabe (born February 21, 1924) has been the head of government in Zimbabwe, first as Prime Minister and later as first executive President, since 1980. ...
// Early Life Joshua Nkomo (1918 (date uncertain) – July 1, 1999) was a Zimbabwean nationalist leader, a Ndebele, and the leader and founder of the Zimbabwe African Peoples Union (ZAPU). ...
Freed in 1971, he spent a period in exile in Canada. He then studied law at Harvard and then taught criminal law as an associate professor at Lewis University College of Law in Glen, Ellyn, Illinois. 1971 is a common year starting on Friday (click for link to calendar). ...
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Zvobgo played a key role in international negotiations at Lancaster House that ended the bitter Zimbabwean Liberation War and led to British-sponsored all race elections ahead of independence in 1980. He was the Zanu-PF spokesman, and impressed many in the international press with his quick repartee and astute analysis of the negotiations. In the 1980 elections, he won a seat in parliament for Masvingo, which he continued to hold until his death. The Lancaster House Agreement was the independence agreement for Rhodesia, nowadays known as Zimbabwe. ...
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An influential member of Zimbabwe's first fully independent cabinet, Zvobgo was minister for local government and housing until 1982, and minister for justice until 1985. As minister of parliamentary and constitutional affairs, in 1987 he made several amendments to the Constitution that concentrated power in the hands of the president and moved Zimbabwe towards a one-party state. 1982 is a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
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Initially a staunch supporter of Zanu-PF policies, in later years he started criticizing Robert Mugabe's autocratic rule. The Zimbabwe African National Union - Patriotic Front (ZANU-PF) has been the ruling party in Zimbabwe since independence in 1980, led by Robert Mugabe, first as Prime Minister with the party simply known as ZANU, and then as President from 1988 after taking over ZAPU and renaming the party ZANU...
Robert Gabriel Mugabe (born February 21, 1924) has been the head of government in Zimbabwe, first as Prime Minister and later as first executive President, since 1980. ...
In 1992, Zvobgo was moved to the less influential post of minister of mines. In 1996, he survived a car accident, in which both his legs were broken. Shortly after the accident, Mugabe demoted Zvobgo further to minister without portfolio, and, in 2000, he was dropped from the Cabinet altogether. 1992 is a leap year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
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In the 2002 presidential elections, he refused to campaign for Mugabe, but did not endorse the opposition challenger Morgan Tsvangirai, leader of the Movement for Democratic Change (MDC). He also voiced his opposition to the sweeping media law, passed the same year, calling it "the most serious assault on our constitutional liberties since independence". 2002 is a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
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The Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) was founded in 1999 as the official opposition party to the Zanu-PF party led by Robert Mugabe in Zimbabwe. ...
Despite his criticism, Zvobgo eventually voted for the legislation, which was used to close off Zimbabwe's only privately owned daily newspaper, The Daily News, and to arrest at least 31 independent journalists.
He became the subject of an internal party disciplinary inquiry in 2003 for his refusal to campaign for Mugabe and after describing the laws as a weapon to stifle opposition to the government, but allegations of disloyalty were eventually dropped. 2003 is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
Zvobgo had also been accused of holding private talks with the opposition Movement for Democratic Change as the ruling party abandoned formal dialogue between the two parties. The Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) was founded in 1999 as the official opposition party to the Zanu-PF party led by Robert Mugabe in Zimbabwe. ...
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