Herbert Chitepo

Herbert Chitepo

Herbert Wiltshire Chitepo (15 June 1923 – 18 March 1975) led the Zimbabwe African National Union until he was assassinated on March 1975. Although his murderer remains unidentified, the Rhodesian author Peter Stiff says that a former British SAS soldier, Hugh Hind was responsible.

Chitepo became the first black citizen of Rhodesia to become a barrister.

Read more about Herbert Chitepo:  Early Years, Career, ZANU, Assassination

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