First Multiracial Election is held in Zimbabwe

Date: 27 Feb 1980
Updated: 30 Sep 2019

After a war of independence fought between members of various liberation organisations and the illegal Rhodesian government, with the liberation organisation supported by groups such as the African National Congress (ANC) and the Pan Africanist Congress (PAC) and the Rhodesians by the Apartheid South African government an agreement was struck. The Lancaster agreement that Britain helped draft led to peace in the country and its the first multi-racial elections. These elections gave Zimbabwe it's first Black president, Robert Mugabe.

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01Bulawayo (1872), "The History of Zimbabwe",From: Bulawayo,[online] Available at: www.bulawayo1872.com[Accessed on 21 February 2013]

Last updated · 30 Sep 2019

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South African History Online. (2011, March 16). First Multiracial Election is held in Zimbabwe. South African History Online. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0012407

South African History Online (2011) 'First Multiracial Election is held in Zimbabwe', South African History Online, 16 March. Available at: https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0012407 (Accessed: 21 July 2026).

South African History Online, First Multiracial Election is held in Zimbabwe [website], https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0012407, (accessed 21 July 2026).

"First Multiracial Election is held in Zimbabwe." South African History Online, 16 Mar. 2011, https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0012407. Accessed 21 July 2026.

South African History Online. "First Multiracial Election is held in Zimbabwe." South African History Online. March 16, 2011. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0012407.