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Rhodesia (/ roʊˈdiːʒə / ⓘ roh-DEE-zhə, / roʊˈdiːʃə / roh-DEE-shə; [1] Shona: Rodizha), officially from 1970 the Republic of Rhodesia, [2][3] was an unrecognised state in Southern Africa from 1965 to 1979. During this fourteen-year period, Rhodesia served as the de facto successor state to the British colony of Southern Rhodesia ...
The Rhodesian Bush War, also known as the Second Chimurenga as well as the Zimbabwean War of Independence, [13] was a civil/ anti-communist conflict from July 1964 to December 1979 [n 1] in the unrecognised country of Rhodesia (later Zimbabwe-Rhodesia and now Zimbabwe). [n 2][24] The conflict pitted three forces against one another: the ...
History of Zimbabwe. The history of Rhodesia from 1965 to 1979 covers Rhodesia 's time as a state unrecognised by the international community following the predominantly white minority government's Unilateral Declaration of Independence on 11 November 1965. Headed by Prime Minister Ian Smith, the Rhodesian Front remained in government until 1 ...
The white population of Southern Rhodesia, or Rhodesia as it was known from 1965, reached a peak of about 300,000 in 1975–76, representing around 8% of the population. [ 13 ] Emigration after the country gained internationally recognised independence as Zimbabwe in 1980 resulted in a declining white population: estimated at 220,000 in 1980 ...
Politics of Rhodesia. Rhodesia's Unilateral Declaration of Independence (UDI) was a statement adopted by the Cabinet of Rhodesia on 11 November 1965, announcing that Rhodesia (previously Southern Rhodesia) [n 1] a British territory in southern Africa that had governed itself since 1923, now regarded itself as an independent sovereign state.
The colonial history of Southern Rhodesia is considered to be a time period from the British government 's establishment of the government of Southern Rhodesia on 1 October 1923, to Prime Minister Ian Smith 's unilateral declaration of independence in 1965. The territory of 'Southern Rhodesia' was originally referred to as 'South Zambezia' but ...
1960 to 1964. Iain Peter Butchart, a cricketer, was born in Bulawayo on 9 May 1960. Broadcasting of television started in November. The Zimbabwe African People's Union (ZAPU) was formed in 1961 with Joshua Nkomo as leader. The Rhodesian Front won the general elections of 1962 on 14 December. Winston Field then became the Prime Minister of Rhodesia.
Rhodesia (/ roʊˈdiːʒə /, / roʊˈdiːʃə /), [1] was a self-governing British Crown colony in southern Africa. Until 1964, the territory was known as Southern Rhodesia, and less than a year before the name change the colony formed a part of the Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland and hosted its capital city, Salisbury.