The World - News from July 7, 1985
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Prime Minister Robert Mugabe, fresh from triumph in Zimbabwe’s general elections, vowed to immediately scrap the 20 seats reserved for whites in the country’s Parliament. He also told chief opposition leader Joshua Nkomo, whom he accuses of fomenting rebels, to stop their activities or risk having his party banned. In final results, Mugabe’s Zimbabwe African National Union won 63 of 79 black seats being contested, with 15 going to Nkomo’s Ndebele-dominated party. One seat went to the small opposition party of the Rev. Ndabaningi Sithole.
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