Report of the Special International Commission on the Assassination of Herbert Wiltshire Chitepo

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REPUBLIC

OF ZAMBIA

REPORT of the

SPECIAL INTERNATIONAL COMMISSION ON THE ASSASSINATION OF HERBERT WILTSHIRE CHITEPO Price: Ki

Lusaka,

March,

1976

Library West

Virginia

University

COMMISSION ON THE ASSASSINATION HERBERT CHITEPO

OF

P.O. Box RW464 RIDGEWAY

Lusaka firs Excettency Dr Kennera D. Kaunpa PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF ZAMBIA

Grate HOUSE LUSAKA

Your Excellency,

By Statutory Instrument No. 101 of 1975, Your Excellency appointed us Commissioners to inquire into the events and circumstances surrounding the death in Lusaka on the 18th March, 1975, of the late Herbert Wiltshire Chitepo, a leading Zimbabwean nationalist leader, and to

investigate and establish other matters relating thereto as are contained in our terms of reference.

My fellow Commissioners and I feel honoured and privileged at having been appointed to undertake such an important task. We felt that this Special International

Commission was of great significance not only to

Zambia but to Africa as well and to the world as a whole.

We have the honour to submit our Report herewith. I have the honour to be,

Your Excellency’s obedient servant, R. C. Kamanea, Chairman

TABLE OF CONTENTS Page

Letter of Presentation . Statutory Instrument No. 101 af 1975

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The Death of Herbert Wiltshire Chitepo .. #3 me Biography of Herbert Wiltshire Chitepo .. we ‘5 Establishment of the Commission .. eR Si oe Composition of the Commission Sa vis sts #3 Swearing-in Ceremony and Reception for Commissioners .. Languages of the Commission “i aes se ws Hours of Work as os ais is a éy

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INTRODUCTION

CHAPTER 1 PROCEDURE AND METHOD Procedure for Obtaining Evidence

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CHAPTER 2 HISTORICAL

BACKGROUND TO THE NATIONALIST STRUGGLE IN ZIMBABWE

European Settlement and Establishment of African Political Parties The Southern Rhodesia ‘African N ational Sree (SRAN C) ae The National Democratic Party (NDP) and the Zimbabwe African People’s Union (ZAPU) .. The People’s Caretaker Council (PCC) and the Birth of the.Zimbabwe African National Union (ZANU) 3 ‘

Chitepo and ZANU External Wing .. The Quest for Unity .. es ae The African National Council (ANC) Accord ia a ae ea iii

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CHAPTER 3 THE ORGANISATIONAL STRUCTURE OPERATION OF ZANU Dare-Re-Chimurenga .. Conflicts and Power Struggle wwithin ZANU ZANU and the Unity Accord of December, 1974

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CHAPTER 4 THE NHARI REBELLION

CHAPTER THE AFTERMATH

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