The Victoria Falls Conference took place on 26 August 1975 aboard a South African Railways train halfway across the Victoria Falls Bridge on the border between the unrecognised state of Rhodesia and Z
The Victoria Falls Bridge, seen from the Rhodesian side in 1975. Talks between the African National Council and the Rhodesian government took place at the centre of the bridge on 26 August that year.
Bishop Abel Muzorewa led the nationalists at Victoria Falls, and opened the debate at Smith's invitation.
Prime Minister Ian Smith was surprised by Muzorewa's confrontational opening speech, but only antagonised the nationalists by saying so.
Joshua Nkomo, leader of the Zimbabwe African People's Union, in 1978
Geneva Conference (1976)
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The Geneva Conference took place in Geneva, Switzerland during the Rhodesian Bush War. Held under British mediation, its participants were the unrecognised government of Rhodesia, led by Ian Smith, an
Victoria Falls Conference (1975)
…time to regroup and reorganise themselves following the decisive security force counter-campaign of 1973–74. A further conference would follow in the Geneva Conference in 1976 . After the Wind of Change of the early 1960s, the British government under Harold Wilson and the predominantly white minority government of…
Mugabe in 1979
British prime minister Harold Wilson came to loggerheads with Smith over the issue of Rhodesian independence during 1964 and 1965.
Henry Kissinger, pictured in 1976, attempted to thrash out a Rhodesian peace deal during that year.