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See also:	Other events of 1975 ; Timeline of Rhodesian history ;

1975 in Rhodesia

Last updated February 10, 2025

The following lists events that happened during 1975 in the Republic of Rhodesia.

Incumbents

President: Clifford Dupont (until 31 December), Henry Everard (starting 31 December)
Prime Minister: Ian Smith

Events

January

The ceasefire is broken when the Rhodesian government halts the release of detainees, alleging that the ceasefire is not being observed and the United African National Council counterclaim that agreements on freedom of political activity for Africans are not being honoured.

February

16 February – At a meeting in Cape Town, South African Prime Minister B. J. Vorster informed visiting Prime Minister Ian Smith that the white minority government of South Africa would no longer provide troops to protect Rhodesia's white minority government. Smith, who had been reassured earlier of the Vorster government's support, said later that the decision had struck him "like a bolt from the blue". Rhodesia's government would fall in 1979, as a black majority government took power and the nation was renamed Zimbabwe.^[1]

March

15 March – Ian Smith, Rhodesian Prime Minister, and senior ministers visit South Africa for talks
18 March – Rhodesia's Diplomatic Mission in Lisbon, Portugal is told to leave by 30 April

June

15 June – Meeting between Ian Smith and the United African National Council ends in deadlock over venue for constitutional conference

August

9 August – Bishop Abel Muzorewa and James Callaghan hold talks in London
25–25 August – The Victoria Falls Conference is held in a South African Railways coach on the Victoria Falls Bridge between Ian Smith, Rhodesian Prime Minister and the United African National Council. The conference is officiated by Kenneth Kaunda, President of Zambia and John Vorster, the South African Prime Minister/

September

4 September – Zimbabwe African People's Union and the United African National Council split

December

23 December – 21 people are killed in a lightning strike on a hut in which people were seeking shelter from the rain in the eastern part of the country. As of 2022^[update], it is the deadliest direct lightning strike in recorded history.^[2]
Negotiations open between Ian Smith, the Rhodesian Prime Minister and Joshua Nkomo, the Zimbabwe African People's Union leader

References

↑ Bernard Magubane, ed., The Road to Democracy in South Africa: 1970–1980 (Unisa Press, 2004) pp. 57–58
↑ "World Meteorological Organization's World Weather & Climate Extremes Archive". wmo.asu.edu. Arizona State University . Retrieved 12 February 2022.

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[1] Bernard Magubane, ed., The Road to Democracy in South Africa: 1970–1980 (Unisa Press, 2004) pp. 57–58

[2] "World Meteorological Organization's World Weather & Climate Extremes Archive". wmo.asu.edu. Arizona State University . Retrieved 12 February 2022.

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v t e 1975 in Africa
Sovereign states	Algeria Angola Benin Botswana Burundi Cameroon Cape Verde Central African Republic Chad Comoros Republic of the Congo Dahomey Egypt Equatorial Guinea Eswatini Ethiopia Gabon The Gambia Ghana Guinea Guinea-Bissau Ivory Coast (Côte d'Ivoire) Kenya Lesotho Liberia Libya Madagascar Malawi Mali Mauritania Mauritius Morocco Mozambique Niger Nigeria Rwanda São Tomé and Príncipe Senegal Sierra Leone Somalia South Africa South-West Africa Sudan Tanzania Togo Tunisia Uganda Upper Volta Zambia Zaire
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