The World - News from Aug. 7, 1985

Zimbabwe has arrested at least 31 supporters of opposition leader Joshua Nkomo, among them Sydney Malunga, a member of Parliament and chief whip of Nkomo’s Zimbabwe African People’s Union. Most of those were seized at Nkomo’s homes in Harare, the capital, or Bulawayo, regional center of Matabeleland, where Nkomo’s Ndebele minority holds sway. Nkomo said the arrests were designed to “build a case against” his party that would justify its being banned. Prime Minister Robert Mugabe has said he wants to make Zimbabwe a one-party state.