eventREF E-0090578Revised
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Zimbabwe announces it has severed diplomatic relations with South Africa, but will maintain a trade mission in Johannesburg.
- Date
- 2 Sep 1980
- Updated
- 2 Sep 2021
Zimbabwe announced it had severed diplomatic relations with South Africa, but would maintain a trade mission in Johannesburg. The ending of diplomatic relations between the two southern African countries happened just five months after Rhodesia gained independence after ninety years as a British colony, renaming itself Zimbabwe. Robert Mugabe, head of the Zimbabwe African National Union (ZANU), became the first Prime Minister.
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- 01 South African History Online, ‘Rhodesia gains independence as Zimbabwe’, [online], available at www.sahistory.org.za (Accessed: 20 August 2013)
- 02O’Malley, P. ‘1980’, from Nelson Mandela Centre of Memory, [online], available at www.sahistory.org.za
- 03African History, ‘This week in African history: Week starting Monday 14 April’, [online], available at https://africanhistory.about.com (Accessed: 20 August 2013)
Last updated · 2 Sep 2021
South African History Online. (2012, August 14). Zimbabwe announces it has severed diplomatic relations with South Africa, but will maintain a trade mission in Johannesburg.. South African History Online. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0090578
South African History Online (2012) 'Zimbabwe announces it has severed diplomatic relations with South Africa, but will maintain a trade mission in Johannesburg.', South African History Online, 14 August. Available at: https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0090578 (Accessed: 18 August 2026).
South African History Online, Zimbabwe announces it has severed diplomatic relations with South Africa, but will maintain a trade mission in Johannesburg. [website], https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0090578, (accessed 18 August 2026).
"Zimbabwe announces it has severed diplomatic relations with South Africa, but will maintain a trade mission in Johannesburg.." South African History Online, 14 Aug. 2012, https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0090578. Accessed 18 Aug. 2026.
South African History Online. "Zimbabwe announces it has severed diplomatic relations with South Africa, but will maintain a trade mission in Johannesburg.." South African History Online. August 14, 2012. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0090578.
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