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#OnThisDay 1980 Nationalist leader Robert Mugabe becomes Zimbabwe's first black prime minister.
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0:20Now Playing28th July 1980
Zimbabwe: Prime Minster Robert Mugabe visits Matabeleland to win support of Ndebele tribe in forthcoming local elections
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