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 Zimbabwe Rhodesia - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Zimbabwe Rhodesia was the (largely unrecognised) name of Zimbabwe during 1979, adopted by Rhodesia soon after an Internal Settlement between the white minority Rhodesian Government led by Ian Smith and small, moderate African nationalist parties not involved in the war that had been raging in the country since 1977.
The name Zimbabwe Rhodesia was rejected by most Zimbabweans (mainly black people) who did not like their country to have a foreign "surname" associated with Cecil Rhodes whom they considered more as an enemy than as a hero.
During Zimbabwe's first non-racial multi-party independence elections in 1980, one of Robert Mugabe and Joshua Nkomo's campaign strategy against Abel Muzorewa and the other small parties who participated in the Internal Settlement was to turn the nation's anger against them for having negotiated to give the country a shameful surname.
www.wikipedia.org /wiki/Zimbabwe-Rhodesia   (414 words)

  
 Rhodesia article - Rhodesia Zimbabwe Cecil Rhodes British colony Africa white minority African - What-Means.com
At an earlier period, the name "Rhodesia" was used to refer to a larger region that corresponds to both Zimbabwe (Southern Rhodesia) and Zambia (Northern Rhodesia).
This was internationally condemned and Rhodesia was put on international sanctions from 1965 to independence as Zimbabwe in 1980.
The Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland was dissolved on January 1, 1964 upon the independence of Malawi and Zambia.
www.what-means.com /encyclopedia/Rhodesia   (652 words)

  
 Prime Minister of Rhodesia
Rhodesia's political system was modelled on Westminster and the prime minister's role was similar to that of the same position in other countries such as Canada, the United Kingdom and Australia.
The Prime Minister of Rhodesia (until 1963 Prime Minister of Southern Rhodesia) was the head of government in the colony of Rhodesia.
www.sciencedaily.com /encyclopedia/prime_minister_of_rhodesia   (272 words)

  
 Zimbabwe's Schools,Neighbourhood,Yearbook,Memory,Pictures,college,university,Photos,Photographs,find old Zimbabwen friends,neighbors Reunion Zimbabwe,rhodesia,rhodesian,Zimbabwean Society & Culture
To the east lies Mozambique, to the north and west Zambia, Botswana is in het south-west and in the south Zimbabwe borders South-Africa.
The Zimbabwe plateau is characterized by a rolling landscape with rock mass rising above it, the so-called kopjes.
Zimbabwe is also an export country for flowers.
www.zimbabwebiz.com   (1387 words)

  
 Phoenician Gold Mines of Zimbabwe (Rhodesia)
In the Great Zimbabwe, the peculiarity of building in terraces rising in tiers is altogether absent, and the original portions of Zimbabwe itself are held to have been built in the earliest period of ancient architecture extant in Rhodesia.
The discovery at Zimbabwe of the soapstone cylinder of quern shape, with rings of rosettes on the top, and sides, which rosettes are believed to represent the sun, and are common in phallic decoration.
The presence in Rhodesia of ancient ruins, dating from practically prehistoric times, some of which are known to have been standing in 1100 B.C., the orientation and astronomical lines of which, in some instances, testify to an age considerably earlier than that period.
phoenicia.org /zimbabwe.html   (5344 words)

  
 CTV.ca Zimbabwe Election: Tainted from years of violence
Zimbabwe, formerly Rhodesia, was annexed by the United Kingdom from the South Africa Company in 1923.
Zimbabwe, a small land-locked nation in southern Africa, will be the focal point of many human rights organizations around the world on Thursday.
The Zimbabwe government has eradicated four newspapers and a radio station as well as outlawing private broadcasting, according to a recent story in The Globe and Mail, leaving only the state-owned and supporting media.
www.ctv.ca /servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/1112120271807_8   (905 words)

  
 Zimbabwe (09/05)
Rhodesia's primary exports including ferrochrome and tobacco, were placed on the selective sanctions list, as were shipments of arms, aircraft, motor vehicles, petroleum, and petroleum products to Rhodesia.
In November 1982, Zimbabwe was chosen by the OAU to hold one of the non-permanent seats in the UN Security Council for the following two years, which brought it onto the center stage of world events and gave it much-needed experience in international affairs.
Zimbabwe also has substantial coal reserves that are utilized for power generation, and recently discovered in Matabeleland province are coalbed methane deposits greater than any known natural gas field in Southern or Eastern Africa.
www.state.gov /r/pa/ei/bgn/5479.htm   (6960 words)

  
 Swans Commentary: Zimbabwe Under Siege, by Gregory Elich - elich004
Zimbabwe is cursed with a plague of NGOs, all operating with the self-righteous sense of mission that they have the right to meddle in the affairs of a Third World nation and with the colonial attitude that they should dictate how others are to think and live.
Zimbabwe was handling its finances well, and between 1985 and 1989 had cut its debt-service ratio in half.
Zimbabwe's invocation of Article 98 was simply ignored by the European Union, prompting President Bakili Muluzi of Malawi to write to the EU on behalf of the SADC.
www.swans.com /library/art8/elich004.html   (10646 words)

  
 ZIMBABWE NEWS ZIMBABWEAN NEWS HavenWorks.com/world/zimbabwe capital: Harare, Republic of Zimbabwe, formerly: Rhodesia, Southern Rhodesia
Zimbabwe, news, search, source, sources, Zimbabwean, capital, Harare, Republic of Zimbabwe, Southern Rhodesia, Rhodesia, ZI,.zi,
White farmers in Zimbabwe are bracing for new evictions as a deadline expires for them to stop working the land."...
In the aftermath of a two-day opposition-led strike in March, while the world's eyes were focused on Iraq, hundreds of Zimbabweans were beaten and hospitalized, arrested and tortured.
www.havenworks.com /world/zimbabwe   (296 words)

  
 Modern History Sourcebook: Rhodesia: Unilateral Declaration of Independence Documents, 1965
The creation of yet another centre of racialism-this time in Southern Rhodesia-is part of the overall plan of imperialist circles to erect an obstacle in the way, of the national liberation movement of the African peoples, the waves of which are drawing nearer and nearer to the last bulwarks of colonialism.
The British Government wish to make it clear that it is the duty of all British subjects in Rhodesia, including all citizens of Rhodesia, to remain loyal to The Queen and to the law of the land, and to recognise the continuing authority and responsibility for Rhodesia of the Government of the United Kingdom.
It is the duty of everyone owing allegiance to the Crown in Rhodesia or elsewhere to refrain from all acts which would assist the illegal régime to continue in their rebellion against the Crown.
www.fordham.edu /halsall/mod/1965Rhodesia-UDI.html   (2812 words)

  
 Election in Zimbabwe-Rhodesia, 1979 - part 1
The lack of easy communication between the UK and Rhodesia had led the authorities to make their own arrangements for the international observers and press to travel as widely as possible during the elections; we were invited to join this itinerary.
In 1979 a five-man team, led by Lord Boyd, was sent to Rhodesia by the Conservative Party to observe the first one-man-one-vote elections in Rhodesia.
While we were merely able to check the central part of this border, neither officials, the local party members nor the public said that they had heard of Mozambiquans entering Rhodesia, though Rhodesians who had fled or been abducted had been returning with the blessing of President Machel whose food supplies are low.
home.wanadoo.nl /rhodesia/elect1.htm   (7045 words)

  
 Zimbabwe - HISTORY
Also in 1953 a federation of Southern Rhodesia, Northern Rhodesian (now Zambia) and Nyasaland (now Malawi) was formed.
* The coming of independence in Angola and Mozambique in 1975 altered the power balance within Rhodesia greatly as it forced South Africa and the USA to rethink their attitudes to the area, in order that they could protect their economic and political interests.
* The measures taken by the British government to force Smith to revoke UDI and accept Black majority rule were useless, as the economic sanctions imposed actually saw Rhodesia's economy grow.
www.africanet.com /africanet/country/zimbabwe/history.htm   (936 words)

  
 Rhodesians Worldwide - contact site for folk from Rhodesia
With the phenomenal growth of the Internet over recent years, coupled with the speed and low cost of electronic communications, RWWWW was created to facilitate communications between people who at some stage lived in Rhodesia, and is now known as Zimbabwe.
To re-establish lost contacts, to make new contacts, to catch up on news of Rhodesians, to advertise items for sale, and to strengthen and maintain the bond that residents of Rhodesia formed during its turbulent years.
Enter your email to receive a Newsletter to Rhodesians around the world.
www.rhodesia.com   (306 words)

  
 Books of Rhodesia Zimbabwe - Rhodesiana Reprint Library - Gold Series
Brown remained in Rhodesia because, as he says, "for the first time in my life I felt that I was helping to make history, that I had witnessed the laying of the cornerstone of what, by virtue of the natural resources and fertility of the country, would one day become a populous and valuable colony.
It is a profile of the Rhodesia of the early Twenties, and covers an important transitional period in the political life of the young country.
His scheme was considered impracticable for Rhodesia, but it took root in Australia, where he did impressive work in giving many hundreds of underprivileged children from the overcrowded cities of Britain new opportunities in life.
www.booksofzimbabwe.com /goldseri.html   (8299 words)

  
 Books of Rhodesia Zimbabwe - Rhodesia of Today - by E.F. Knight
In 1894 he had visited the new territory of Rhodesia and his assessment of the country, presented in a series of articles written for The Times, later appeared in book form under the title of Rhodesia of Today.
Knight remained in Rhodesia for the next seven months, touring the young country and reporting on its development and likely prospects.
His articles were later edited and published in book form under the title of Rhodesia of Today.
www.booksofzimbabwe.com /rag4.html   (520 words)

  
 Zimbabwe (British Empire & Commonwealth Land Forces)
Southern Rhodesia federated with Northern Rhodesia and Nyasaland with a view to achieving independence as a unified country.
Introduction to the Regiments and Corps of Southern Rhodesia and British Central Africa, by T.F. Mills.
Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland Army Rank Insignia, by Pavel Mococh.
www.regiments.org /nations/africa/zimbabwe.htm   (427 words)

  
 Zimbabwe (Rhodesia), Bibliography
The use of poison and biological weapons in the Rhodesian war: lecture for University of Zimbabwe war and strategic studies seminar series, University of Zimbabwe on July 1993.
The ZAPU and ZANU guerrilla warfare and the Evangelican Lutheran Church in Zimbabwe.
Zimbabwe African National Union--Public Opinion--History, 20th Century - ZANU- Peasants--Zimbabwe--Politics and Government - Guerrilla Warfare--Zimbabwe--History, 20th Century - Peasants--Zimbabwe--Attitudes--History, 20th Century - Public Opinion--Zimbabwe--History, 20th Century - Zimbabwe--History--Chimurenga War, 1966-1980--Public Opinion.
users.skynet.be /terrorism/html/zimbabwe.htm   (720 words)

  
 Zimbabwe Travel Information Lonely Planet Destination Guide
It is advisable that you check government travel advice before you travel to Zimbabwe as the current socio-political situation is very tense.
It boasts the majestic Victoria Falls, magnificent wildlife preserves and the medieval ruins of Great Zimbabwe, as well as the bustling city of Harare.
With more than a passing resemblance to a National Geographic best-of issue, Zimbabwe is a beautiful and usually safe country to visit.
www.lonelyplanet.com /destinations/africa/zimbabwe/history.htm   (201 words)

  
 Zimbabwe
Territorial Dispute: the Botswana, Namibia, Zambia, and Zimbabwe boundary convergence is not clearly defined or delimited.
31 Dec 1963 The Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland dissolved.
until the establishment of the Republic of Rhodesia on 2 Mar 1970.
www.worldstatesmen.org /Zimbabwe.html   (1309 words)

  
 Dáil Éireann - Volume 315 - 17 July, 1979 - Ceisteanna—Questions. Oral Answers. - Zimbabwe-Rhodesia Election.
Bruton asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he has sought any information on the validity and fairness of the recent election in Zimbabwe-Rhodesia, if so, the manner in which the information was sought and the conclusions, if any, he has drawn therefrom.
In this regard, I have in particular seen a considerable number of reports on the constitutional arrangements and the elections by persons who have recently been in Rhodesia.
This was also in accordance with the declaration by the United Nations Security Council that the elections and their results were null and void.
www.oireachtas-debates.gov.ie /D/0315/D.0315.197907170019.html   (152 words)

  
 Election in Zimbabwe - Rhodesia, 1979 - part 2
Recently, there was the Safe Return Policy, which involved dropping of leaflets in Rhodesia and Mocambique, and the use of radio and word of mouth.
We were told that there were reserves of 13-17,000, of whom 6,000 are under training and 9,300 operating in Rhodesia.
We were told that there were 16,000 under training, 3,000 outside Rhodesia but fully trained and 2,700 inside Rhodesia.
home.wanadoo.nl /rhodesia/elect2.htm   (6653 words)

  
 ABC News: Today in History - April 18
In 1980, Zimbabwe Rhodesia became the independent nation of Zimbabwe.
abcnews.go.com /US/wireStory?id=678680   (384 words)

  
 The Zimbabwe Situation
Zimbabwe's woes were the result of a "drought of good governance".
While justice for 200 political murders may never be seen in Zimbabwe under the present government I am humbled to know that I've had a part in exposing some of the horrors of the last 3 years.
David Stevens is just one of well over 200 people who have been murdered in political violence in Zimbabwe in the last 33 months and this is the only case which has got to court so far. 
www.zimbabwesituation.com /dec1_2002.html   (10116 words)

  
 Zimbabwe, country, Africa: History
The move appeared intended to disperse Zimbabwe's urban poor, a group that has strongly supported Mugabe's opponents, The action was widely denounced as a violation of human rights and even provoked defections from the governing party.
In 1969, Rhodesia voted to become a republic as of Mar. 2, 1970.
The country's economic situation remained difficult, and in May, 2005, the currency was devalved by 45%; Zimbabwe subsequently suffered from pronounced fuel shortages.
www.infoplease.com /ce6/world/A0862066.html   (1699 words)

  
 The Zimbabwe Situation
The animals are divided into the six categories shown below, giving the approximate feeding and maintenance costs in Zimbabwe Dollars for each animal per month.  This is designed to give you the option to choose which animal you wish to support.
Zimbabwe to about 80 percent of the bank robberies carried out in South
  The three, Jenni Williams, Patricia Khanye and Magadonga Mahlangu, are all believed to be members of WOZA, the Women of Zimbabwe Arise movement which is planning a number of protest marches across the nation on Monday 8
www.zimbabwesituation.com /mar8a_2004.html   (2624 words)

  
 WHKMLA : History of Zimbabwe, ToC
Zimbabwe, from Land Forces of Britain, the Empire and Commonwealth
Chronology of Catholic Dioceses : Zimbabwe, from Kirken i Norge
Zimbabwe Page, from African Studies at UPenn; from Africa South of the Sahara at Stanford
www.zum.de /whkmla/region/southafrica/xzimbabwe.html   (344 words)

  
 Zimbabwe on the Internet
Taylor, Ian- "We are the Democrats: The Crisis in Zimbabwe and the Death of the NEPAD".
The report recommends that "The Government of Zimbabwe should unilaterally withdraw from the SOCEBO logging deal,......The Parliament of Zimbabwe should condemn the corporate ambitions of Zanu-PF,...." Global Witness is based in London.
Zimbabwe film on the role of women in the war of independence.
www-sul.stanford.edu /depts/ssrg/africa/zim.html   (7934 words)

  
 CIA - The World Factbook -- Zimbabwe
The government of Zimbabwe faces a wide variety of difficult economic problems as it struggles with an unsustainable fiscal deficit, an overvalued exchange rate, soaring inflation, and bare shelves.
UN sanctions and a guerrilla uprising finally led to free elections in 1979 and independence (as Zimbabwe) in 1980.
In 1965 the government unilaterally declared its independence, but the UK did not recognize the act and demanded more complete voting rights for the black African majority in the country (then called Rhodesia).
www.odci.gov /cia/publications/factbook/geos/zi.html   (1298 words)

  
 Dáil Éireann - Volume 317 - 28 November, 1979 - Written Answers. - Trading Sanctions Against Zimbabwe-Rhodesia.
Blaney asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if, in view of international agreed trading sanctions against Zimbabwe-Rhodesia, he can guarantee that such sanctions are being implemented with regard to Irish firms and trade councils.
O'Kennedy): In fulfilment of our obligations under UN Security Council resolutions, exports to and imports from Southern Rhodesia are prohibited, except under licence, by orders made by the Minister for Industry, Commerce and Energy and the Minister for Agriculture.
Licences have been issued only infrequently on the basis of express exceptions on humanitarian and other grounds included in the Security Council provisions.
www.oireachtas-debates.gov.ie /D/0317/D.0317.197911280043.html   (158 words)

  
 MSN Encarta - Muzorewa, Abel Tendekayi
Muzorewa, Abel Tendekayi, born in 1925, prime minister of the short-lived coalition government of Zimbabwe Rhodesia (1979-1980).
Geneva conference on transition to black rule in Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe)
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