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← 1971 1970 1969 1972 in Rhodesia → 1973 1974 1975
Decades:	1960s 1970s
See also:	Other events of 1972 Timeline of Rhodesian history

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

• September 29 — Abel Chimukoko, long-distance runner^[1][2]

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