15 June 1923 Watsomba, Nyanga District, Southern Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe)
Died
18 March 1975 (aged 51) Lusaka, Zambia
Resting place
National Heroes Acre, Harare, Zimbabwe
Political party
ZANU
Spouse
Victoria Fikile Chitepo
Relations
Edgar Tekere
Alma mater
University of Fort Hare
Occupation
Barrister ; Nationalist Politician
Awards
Zimbabwe National Hero
Military service
Allegiance
ZANLA
Years of service
1962–1975
Commands
ZANLA
Herbert Wiltshire Pfumaindini Chitepo (15 June 1923 – 18 March 1975) was a Zimbabwean politician and nationalist leader who led the Zimbabwe African National Union (ZANU) until he was assassinated in March 1975. Although his murderer remains unidentified, the Rhodesian author Peter Stiff says that a former soldier of the British Special Air Service (SAS), Hugh Hind, was responsible.[1]
Chitepo became the first black citizen of Rhodesia to become a barrister.[2]
^Mugabe still fears Chitepo's legacy Archived 31 October 2013 at the Wayback Machine Institute for War and Peace Reporting
^Preston, Matthew. Ending Civil War: Rhodesia and Lebanon in Perspective, 2004. Page 98.
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free the country from white rule. In 1973 he took over command from HerbertChitepo of the armed forces of the Zimbabwe African National Union. And in...
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