Zimbabwe+African+National+Union

ZAPU, together with the Zimbabwe National People's Union ([|ZANU]) led by Robert Mugabe and its forces known as the Zimbabwe National African Liberation Army (ZANLA) which operated mainly from Mozambique, formed a political alliance known as the Patriotic Front (PF). At the time of the pre-independence elections in 1980, the parties spilt into their respective factions as ZANU-PF and PF-ZAPU. ZAPU was predominantly Ndebele (from the south and west of the country) and ZANU was predominantly Shona. The Shona comprise approximately 80% of the population and hence it was not surprising that ZANU-PF won the elections. In December 1987 a Unity Accord was signed between the two parties whereby ZAPU was incorporated into ZANU-PF and Joshua Nkomo became one of two vice-presidents of Zimbabwe. ( Information taken from [] )

The Zimbabwe African National Union or the ZANU is a nationalist movement and political party that have brought about the majority rule in Zimbabwe. The ZANU was formed in 1963 by Ndabaningi Sithole as a breakaway group from the Zimbabwe African People’s Union, (ZAPU) a nationalist group led by Joshua Nkomo. Before 1963 and for years after Zimbabwe was a self-governed British Colony called Rhodesia. The ZANU wanted a more radical style of politics than the ZAPU used. The ZANU was immediately banned by the white British government. And fought for many years to become recognized. []