Zimbabwe: The white-controlled government, under Ian Smith, successfully held out against majority rule until 1976. At that point, the South Africans decided to withhold further military aid.
The white government then began negotiations with black nationalist groups and agreed to transfer majority rule to the Blacks by the end of 1978.
In January 1979, white Rhodesians agreed to a constitutional change that would ensure majority rule. In addition, they agreed to change the name of Rhodesia to Zimbabwe.
Zimbabwe: (History Central)
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