The following lists events that happened during 1972 in Rhodesia.
Incumbents President: Clifford Dupont Prime Minister: Ian Smith
January 11 January – 11 March – The Pearce Commission arrives in Rhodesia to conduct tests of acceptability of settlement proposals which was agreed on in 1971
March 10 March – The African National Council is transformed into a political organisation and calls for a constitutional conference
May 31 May – The United States Senate votes against re-imposition of embargo on Rhodesian chromite.
August 22 August – International Olympic Committee asks Rhodesia to withdraw from the 20th Olympic Summer Games held in Munich, Germany
December 21 December – Guerrillas of the Zimbabwe African National Liberation Army (ZANLA) attack Altena farm in Centenary area, marking an unprecedented escalation of the Rhodesian Bush War.
Births 29 September – Abel Chimukoko, long-distance runner
References