The Rhodesian Front (RF) was a political party in Southern Rhodesia when the country was under white minority rule. Rhodesia was the name adopted when the formerly British colony of Southern Rhodesia declared itself independent ( Unilateral Declaration of Independence This article relates to Southern Rhodesia up to 1964 and Rhodesia thereafter Constitutional origins It was commonly understood that Southern Rhodesia would be the dominant territory in the federation — economically electorally and militarily Southern Rhodesia was the name of the British Colony situated north of the Limpopo River and the Union of South Africa, and known today as Zimbabwe Elections in Southern Rhodesia were used from 1899 to 1923 to elect part of the Legislative Council and from 1924 to elect the whole of the Legislative Assembly which governed the colony This page contains a list of Governors of Southern Rhodesia from 1923 to 1980 and includes the period of UDI (1965–1970 when a competing position to the legal The Prime Minister of Rhodesia (until 1964 Prime Minister of Southern Rhodesia was the Head of government in the Colony of Rhodesia. The Unilateral Declaration of Independence ( UDI) of Rhodesia from the United Kingdom was signed on November 11, 1965 by the administration The position of President of Rhodesia only existed from 1970 to 1979 Rhodesia was the name adopted when the formerly British colony of Southern Rhodesia declared itself independent ( Unilateral Declaration of Independence For other uses of the name see Rhodesia (disambiguation Rise O Voices of Rhodesia was adopted as the National anthem of Rhodesia The Rhodesian Bush War, also known as the Second Chimurenga or the Zimbabwe Liberation Struggle, was a war which lasted from July 1964 to 1979 and Information on politics by country is available for every Country, including both De jure and De facto independent A political party is a Political organization that seeks to attain and maintain political power within Government, usually by participating in electoral Southern Rhodesia was the name of the British Colony situated north of the Limpopo River and the Union of South Africa, and known today as Zimbabwe A dominant minority, also known as alien elites if they are recent immigrants is a group that has overwhelming political, economic or Cultural Led first by Winston Field, and, from 1964, by Ian Smith, the Rhodesian Front was the successor to the Dominion Party, which was the main opposition party in Southern Rhodesia during the Federation period. Winston Joseph Field MBE (1904 - 1969 was a Rhodesian politician Year 1964 ( MCMLXIV) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the 1964 Gregorian calendar. Ian Douglas Smith GCLM ID ( 8 April 1919 &ndash 20 November 2007) served as the Prime Minister of the British Constitutional origins It was commonly understood that Southern Rhodesia would be the dominant territory in the federation — economically electorally and militarily The RF was formed in March 1962 by whites opposed to any immediate change to black majority rule. Year 1962 ( MCMLXII) was a Common year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1962 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Majority rule is a decision rule that makes one of two alternatives the "winner" based on which has more than half the votes It won power in the general election that December. The Southern Rhodesia general election of 1962 took place on December 14, 1962. In successive elections (in which 50 of the 66 parliamentary seats were reserved for whites only) between 1964 and 1979, the RF was returned to office, with a large majority, with Smith as Prime Minister. Year 1964 ( MCMLXIV) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the 1964 Gregorian calendar. Year 1979 ( MCMLXXIX) was a Common year starting on Monday (link displays the 1979 Gregorian calendar)
The RF had fifteen founding principles, which included the preservation of each racial group's right to maintain its own identity, the preservation of 'proper standards' through a policy of advancement through merit, the maintenance of the Land Apportionment Act, which formalized the racial imbalance in the ownership and distribution of land, opposition to compulsory racial integration, job protection for white workers, and maintenance of the government's right to provide separate amenities for different races. Land reform in Zimbabwe began after the signing of the Lancaster House Agreement in 1979 in an effort to more equitably distribute land between the historically disenfranchised Racial integration, or simply integration includes Desegregation (the process of ending systematic Racial segregation)
Following the elections leading to the country's independence in 1980, as the Republic of Zimbabwe, the RF won all 20 parliamentary seats reserved for whites. Year 1980 ( MCMLXXX) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link displays the 1980 Gregorian calendar) On June 6, 1981, the party changed its name to the Republican Front, and on July 21, 1984 it became the Conservative Alliance of Zimbabwe. Events 1508 - Maximilian I Holy Roman Emperor, is defeated in Friulia by Venetian forces; he is forced to sign a three-year Year 1981 ( MCMLXXXI) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link displays the 1981 Events 356 BC - Herostratus sets fire to the Temple of Artemis in Ephesus, one of the Seven Wonders of the World Year 1984 ( MCMLXXXIV) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link displays the 1984 Gregorian calendar) The Conservative Alliance of Zimbabwe was the final incarnation of a party formerly called the Republican Front and prior to that the Rhodesian Front. Eleven of its twenty parliamentarians defected over the following four years, but the party again won 15 of the 20 parliamentary seats reserved for whites in the 1985 election. The Zimbabwe parliamentary election of 1985 saw the re-election with an increased majority of the Zimbabwe African National Union - Patriotic Front government under Robert In 1986, the CAZ opened its membership to Zimbabweans of all races. Year 1986 ( MCMLXXXVI) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link displays 1986 Gregorian calendar) It has since become merged into the Movement for Democratic Change. The Movement for Democratic Change ( MDC) is a Zimbabwean Political party. In 1987 the ruling government party gerrymandered the white constituencies into majority black districts and abolished all reserved seats for whites. Gerrymandering is a form of redistribution in which electoral district or Constituency boundaries are manipulated for electoral advantage When these were abolished many white MPs became independents or joined the ruling ZANU party. The Zimbabwe African National Union was a militant organization that fought against White minority rule in Rhodesia, formed as a split from the Zimbabwe African
References
- Rhodesians Never Die, Godwin, P. & Hancock, I. , 1995. Baobab Books, Harare, Zimbabwe.
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