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Kuramwa mabasa kukuru kwa1926 apo akabetsera kugovera mapepa ekomiti inoramwa mabasa. PaZuva reVashandi reMarudzi Ose, 1 May, gore rakatevera racho akabatana neYoung Communist League (YCL). Akava munyori wezviratidzo asi basa rake rakapfupikiswa muna Chikunguru 1931 paakasungwa nokuda kwekuparadzira mapepa ekurwisana nemauto. Akanga ave achironga varwi kukumbira kodzero dzakanaka nemamiriro ezvinhu, chiitiko chaakatongerwa mwedzi mitanhatu mutirongo reEdinburgh. Pashure pokunge mushandirapamwe wakakurumbira waida kusunungurwa kwake akasunungurwa muna January 1932 ndokutanga kushanda mubato.