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Government must be seen to be actively promoting unity - NewsDay Zimbabwe

Then PF Zapu leader, the late Vice-President Joshua Nkomo, had to compromise to sign the Unity Accord in 1987 for the sake and love of citizens who were being killed for allegedly supporting him.

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