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eventREF E-0096286Revised

12 August 1975

A statement is issued following talks between John Vorster and Ian Smith

Updated
30 Sep 2019
A statement is issued following talks between John Vorster and Ian Smith

A statement issued simultaneously in Lusaka, Zambia and Salisbury, giving details of proposals agreed to after two days of talks between South African Prime Minister, John Vorster and Southern Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe) Prime Minister, Ian Smith. The talks were geared towards finding settlement of the Rhodesian constitutional problem. This came almost after 10 years since the Unilateral Declaration of Independence (UDI) by Ian Smith on 11 November 1965.

How we know this

  1. 01O’Malley, P. ‘1975’, from Nelson Mandela Centre of Memory, [online], available at www.nelsonmandela.org.za(Accessed: 02 August 2013)
  2. 02Rhodesia, ‘Rhodesia-Mzilikaze to Smith’, [online], available at www.rhodesia.nl(Accessed: 05 August 2013)

Last updated · 30 Sep 2019

Cite this entry

South African History Online. (2013, August 8). A statement is issued following talks between John Vorster and Ian Smith. South African History Online. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0096286

South African History Online (2013) 'A statement is issued following talks between John Vorster and Ian Smith', South African History Online, 8 August. Available at: https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0096286 (Accessed: 7 October 2026).

South African History Online, A statement is issued following talks between John Vorster and Ian Smith [website], https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0096286, (accessed 7 October 2026).

"A statement is issued following talks between John Vorster and Ian Smith." South African History Online, 8 Aug. 2013, https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0096286. Accessed 7 Oct. 2026.

South African History Online. "A statement is issued following talks between John Vorster and Ian Smith." South African History Online. August 8, 2013. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0096286.

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