 The white MPs in the previous Assembly, who had all started off as members of the Rhodesian Front (later renamed the Republican Front), had split over their reaction to the ZANU (PF) government with more than half resigning their membership in March 1982 to become Independents who partially supported ZANU (PF).Eventually, in April 1985, the Independent Zimbabwe Group was formed in preparation for the election.Generally, whites in Harare and Bulawayo had little complaint about the conduct of government, having seen little change in their lifestyles.