1978 in Rhodesia
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The following lists events that happened during 1978 in Rhodesia.
Incumbents
- President:
- until 31 August: John Wrathall[1][2]
- 31 August-1 November: Henry Everard[3]
- starting 1 November: Jack William Pithey[4]
- Prime Minister: Ian Smith[5]
Events
January
- 3 January - VumbaMountains is damaged after a guerilla rocket attack.
March
- 3 March - The Salisbury Agreement what later became known as the UANC president Bishop Abel Muzorewa, ZUPO president Senator Chief Jeremiah Chirau, and ANC (Sithole) president the Rev. Ndabaningi Sithole.
- 14 March - United Nations Security Council Resolution 423 condemned the Rhodesian Internal Settlement[6]
- 21 March - Transitional Government aimed at leading to black majority rule formally established as part of the Salisbury Agreement, Internal Settlement.
April
- 14 April - Nine black ministers are sworn in to serve on the Ministerial Council of the Transitional Government.
May
- 19 May - Two Red Cross workers and their African assistant are killed by fighters near the Mozambiqueborder.
June
- 23 June - In the Vumba by guerillas. The dead belonged to the Elim Pentecostal Church.[7]
- 24 June - Rhodesia beat Western Transvaal 41-9 in a Currie Cup match played at Hartsfield Rugby Ground, Bulawayo.
- 28 June - Three Zimbabwe African People's Union fighters kill two German missionaries.
August
- 15 August - The Rhodesia Herald was renamed The Herald.
September
- 3 September - Air Rhodesia Flight 825 was shot down by guerillas and the survivors were shot on the ground, killing 48.
Births
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Deaths
- 17 June - Baptist evangelist, is stabbed to death by ZAPU fighters at the Sanyati Mission Hospital, 217 km west of Salisbury
- 28 June - Clifford Dupont, 1st President of Rhodesia dies aged 72.
References
- Toledo Blade, 31 August 1978
- ^ The Great Betrayal: The Memoirs of Ian Douglas Smith, Ian Douglas Smith, Blake Publishing Limited, 1997, page 266
- ^ Heads of State and Government, John V. Da Graça, Springer, 1985, page 265
- ^ Report of the Commission Appointed to Divide Rhodesia into Twenty-three Constituencies, 1978, Hector Norman Macdonald Govt. printer, 1978, page 1
- ^ "Colonial administrators and post-independence leaders in Zimbabwe (1923–2000)". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Oxford: Oxford University Press. Retrieved 11 January 2014.
- ^ s:United Nations Security Council Resolution 423
- ^ Kaufman, Michael T. (25 June 1978). "12 White Teachers and Children Killed by Guerrillas in Rhodesia". The New York Times. Retrieved 3 February 2023.
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