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1978 in Rhodesia

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1978
in
Rhodesia

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The following lists events that happened during 1978 in Rhodesia.

Incumbents

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Events

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January

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March

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April

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  • 14 April - Nine black ministers are sworn in to serve on the Ministerial Council of the Transitional Government.

May

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June

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  • 23 June - In the Vumba massacre, 12 whites were murdered. 8 British missionaries (3 men and 5 women) and 4 of their children were bayonetted to death at Emmanuel Mission School at 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

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  • 15 August - The Rhodesia Herald was renamed The Herald.

September

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  • 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

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References

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  1. ^ John Wrathall, Appointed To Office In 1976 as Independent Rhodesia's 2nd President, Toledo Blade, 31 August 1978
  2. ^ The Great Betrayal: The Memoirs of Ian Douglas Smith, Ian Douglas Smith, Blake Publishing Limited, 1997, page 266
  3. ^ Heads of State and Government, John V. Da Graça, Springer, 1985, page 265
  4. ^ Report of the Commission Appointed to Divide Rhodesia into Twenty-three Constituencies, 1978, Hector Norman Macdonald Govt. printer, 1978, page 1
  5. ^ "Colonial administrators and post-independence leaders in Zimbabwe (1923–2000)". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Oxford: Oxford University Press. Retrieved 11 January 2014.
  6. ^ s:United Nations Security Council Resolution 423
  7. ^ Kaufman, Michael T. (25 June 1978). "12 White Teachers and Children Killed by Guerrillas in Rhodesia". The New York Times. Retrieved 3 February 2023.