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ZAPU
History of Zimbabwe
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| | 1924 | Mugabe, Robert Gabriel | |
| 21st Feb Matibiri Mugabe is born in Matibiri village near Kutama Mission in the Zvimba District northeast of Salisbury in Southern Rhodesia
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| 1951 | Mugabe, Robert Gabriel | |
| Fort Hare Graduates with a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Fort Hare
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| 1955 | Mugabe, Robert Gabriel | |
| Chalimbana After graduating, Mugabe lectures at Chalimbana Teacher Training College, in Zambia from 1955-1958
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| 1958 | Mugabe, Robert Gabriel | |
| Takoradi Lectures at Apowa Secondary School at Takoradi, in the Western Region of Ghana (1958 - 1960)
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| Mugabe and some of his Zimbabwe African National Union party cadres receive instruction at the Kwame Nkrumah Ideological Institute, then at Winneba in southern Ghana
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| 1960 | Mugabe, Robert Gabriel | |
| Mugabe returns to Southern Rhodesia and joins the National Democratic Party
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| 1961 | Mugabe, Robert Gabriel | |
| Helps found the Zimbabwe African People's Union
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| 1972 | Smith, Ian Douglas | |
| Guerrilla war against white rule intensifies, with rivals Zanu and Zapu operating out of Zambia and Mozambique
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| 1976 | Nkomo, Joshua | |
| The Patriotic Front includes ZAPU led by Joshua Nkomo operating mainly from Zambia
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| 1980 | Mugabe, Robert Gabriel | |
| Mugabe seeks to incorporate ZAPU into his Zimbabwe African National Union (ZANU) led government and ZAPU's military wing into the army
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| 4th Mar Mugabe, whose political support came from his Shona-speaking homeland in the north, attemptes to build Zimbabwe on a basis of an uneasy coalition with his Zimbabwe African People's Union (ZAPU) rivals
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| 1980 | Nkomo, Joshua | |
| The election is won by Robert Mugabe and ZANU-PF, with Joshua Nkomo and his PF-ZAPU retaining a stronghold in the province of Matabeleland
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| Veteran pro-independence leader Robert Mugabe and his Zanu party win British-supervised independence elections, Mugabe is named Prime Minister and includes Zapu leader Joshua Nkomo in his cabinet
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| 1982 | Mugabe, Robert Gabriel | |
| Between 1982 and 1985, the military crush armed resistance from Ndebele groups in the provinces of Matabeleland and the Midlands, leaving Mugabe's rule secure
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| 1983 | Mugabe, Robert Gabriel | |
| Mugabe fires Nkomo from his cabinet, triggering bitter fighting between ZAPU supporters in the Ndebele-speaking region of the country and the ruling ZANU
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