Question

What is peculiar about ZANU-PF?
A. It has never won elections
B. It has always won elections
C. It is a one-man party
D. It is the biggest party in the world

Answer 1

Hint: Zanu-PF stands for Zimbabwe African National Union- Patriot Front. It is a political party in Zimbabwe. It is a socialist party that has its Politburo and a Central Committee.

Complete answer: ZANU-PF is a political party which is based in Zimbabwe. The peculiar thing about this party is that it has never lost elections. Zanu-PF is the ruling party of Zimbabwe since independence in 1980.The ZANU party was led by The party for many years was led by and under the Prime Minister of the Zimbabwe African National Union (ZANU), Robert Mugabe. He later rose to become the then President from the year 1987. This happened only after the merger with another party called the Zimbabwe African People's Union (ZAPU). Therefore the new party name that emerged was ZANU–PF. However, at the 2008 parliamentary election, the party lost individual control of the parliament. This happened for the first time in the history of the party. They then brokered a complex power-sharing agreement with another party called the Movement for Democratic Change – Tsvangirai (MDC). it was later in 2013 that they subsequently won the 2013 election and top of it gained a two-thirds majority.

So, the correct answer is option B.

Note: However, in 2017 Robert Mugabe was removed as the party leader and he had to resign two days after the party sacked him. He then appointed the former Vice President Emmerson Mnangagwa to take over his place.