Ndabaningi Sithole | |
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.jpg) Sithole in 1955 | |
| Member of Parliament of Zimbabwe for Chipinge South | |
| In office 1995–2000 | |
| Preceded by | Goodson Sithole |
| Succeeded by | Wilson Khumbula |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 21 July 1920 Nyamandhlovu, Rhodesia |
| Died | 12 December 2000 (aged 80) Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, US |
| Political party | ZANU (1963–1975) ZANU–Ndonga (after 1975) |
| Spouse | Vesta Zvamwaida Sithole |
| Children | 5 |
| Alma mater | Andover 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.
- ^ Veenhoven, Willem Adriaan, Ewing, and Winifred Crum. Case Studies on Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms: A World Survey, 1975. Page 326.
- ^ Uys, Stanley (15 December 2000). "The Rev Ndabaningi Sithole". TheGuardian.com. Retrieved 7 July 2020.