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The Zimbabwe African National Union was a political party during the struggle for Rhodesia 's, ultimately Zimbabwe 's, independence, formed as a split from ZAPU . It won the 1980 elections under the leadership of Robert Mugabe , and eight years later merged again with Joshua Nkomo 's ZAPU to form Zanu-PF , the current governing party of the country. Its founder was the Reverend ) and the Zimbabwe People's Revolutionary Army ( ZIPRA ) respectively to fight the struggle from neighbouring countries - ZANLA from Mozambique after the Portuguese withdrew, and ZIPRA from Zambia and other countries. After Chitepo's Assassination on 18th March , 1975 , Robert Mugabe , in Mozambique at the time, unilaterally assumed control of ZANU. Later that year there was a factional split along tribal lines caused the Ndebele to follow Sitole into the moderate Zanu (Ndonga) party, who renounced violent struggle, while the Shona followed Mugabe with a more militant agenda. Sithole joined a transitional government of whites and blacks in 1979, led by Bishop Abel Muzorewa . When sanctions remained in place, he joined Muzorewa for the Lancaster House Agreement in London, where a new constitution and elections were prepared. His small breakaway opposition group failed to win any seats in independent elections that swept Mugabe under the ZANU flag to power in 1980 . In 1988 after 8 years of low-level civil war termed Gukurahundi , the opposition Zimbabwe African People's Union (ZAPU), led by Joshua Nkomo , merged with ZANU to form Zanu-PF with the added moniker of '' Patriotic Front '', in what was seen as a step towards a one party state. SEE ALSO |