Patriotic Front (Zimbabwe)

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The Patriotic Front in Zimbabwe was a coalition of two African Leadership parties: the Zimbabwe African Peoples Union (ZAPU){{Cite book|last=Sibanda |first=Eliakim M. |year=2005 |title=The Zimbabwe African People's Union 1961–87: A Political History of Insurgency in Southern Rhodesia |location=Trenton, New Jersey |publisher=Africa World Press |page=1 |isbn=978-1-59221-275-0 }} and the Zimbabwe African National Union (ZANU){{cite book|last=Ndlovu-Gatsheni|first=Sabelo J.|title=Do 'Zimbabweans' Exist?|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=GF8aXg-wpnEC&pg=PA117|access-date=7 August 2013|year=2009|publisher=Peter Lang|isbn=9783039119417|page=117}} which had worked together to fight against white minority rule in Rhodesia.

In 1980 elections ZAPU contested as Patriotic Front whereas ZANU contested as ZANU-Patriotic Front.{{cn|date=August 2023}}

In 1988 the ruling ZANU absorbed ZAPU to become Zimbabwe African National Union – Patriotic Front (ZANU-PF) for good.{{cn|date=August 2023}}