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1974 in Rhodesia

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Incumbents[edit]

Events[edit]

March[edit]

2 March - At the African National Council inaugural conference, an agreement is reached on a mandate for continuing talks with the Rhodesian regime

June[edit]

2 June - The African National Council reject the proposals agreed upon between Bishop Abel Muzorewa and Ian Smith

July[edit]

3 July - An African National Council delegation tells the British Government that it is not prepared to continue talks with the Rhodesian regime
30 July - The Rhodesian Front wins the Rhodesia general election^[3]^[4]^[5]

November[edit]

Detained activists Joshua Nkomo, Zimbabwe African People's Union and Ndabaningi Sithole, founder Zimbabwe African National Union are allowed to attend the meetings in Lusaka, Zambia with the presidents of Botswana, Tanzania and Zambia and African National Council with representatives of the Rhodesian government^[6]

December[edit]

9 December - The Lusaka Declaration is signed uniting Zimbabwe African People's Union, Zimbabwe African National Union and African National Council under the United African National Council banner
11 December - A ceasefire is agreed^[7]^[8]

Births[edit]

January 1 — Samukeliso Moyo, long-distance runner^[9]
March 16 — Heath Streak, cricketer (died 2023)^[10]

References[edit]

^ Africa Diary, Africa Publications (India), 1970, page 4947

^ "Colonial administrators and post-independence leaders in Zimbabwe (1923–2000)". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Oxford: Oxford University Press. Retrieved 11 January 2014.

^ 30 July 1974 House of Assembly Election African Elections Database

^ "Smith's Party Wins Landslide Victory in Rhodesia". The New York Times. 31 July 1974. Retrieved 11 June 2020.

^ "Smith's Party Wins A Sweeping Victory in Rhodesian Voting". The New York Times. 1 August 1974. Retrieved 11 June 2020.

^ Sibanda, Eliakim M. (2005). The Zimbabwe African People's Union 1961–87: A Political History of Insurgency in Southern Rhodesia. Trenton, New Jersey: Africa World Press. pp. 90–93. ISBN 978-1-59221-275-0.

^ "RHODESIA: A BREAKTHROUGH TOWARD SETTLEMENT?". U.S. Department of State. 16 December 1974. Retrieved 1 February 2023.

^ "RHODESIANS AGREE TO HALT WARFARE; DETENTION TO END". The New York Times. 12 December 1974. Retrieved 1 February 2023.

^ Samukeliso Moyo. Sports-reference. Retrieved 3 October 2010.

^ Heath Streak Zimbabwe Allrounder

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