1976 in Rhodesia

See also: 1975 in Zimbabwe, other events of 1976, 1977 in Zimbabwe and Years in Zimbabwe.

Events

August

• 8 August - Operation Eland, aka the Nyadzonya Raid, is launched into Mozambique by the Selous Scouts
• 11 August - Umtali came under rocket attack and mortar attack from Mozambique in retaliation for Operation Eland. Houses were damaged in Greenside and Darlington.

September

• 24 September - The Rhodesian Government accepted proposals put forward by U.S. Secretary of State, Dr. Henry Kissinger for majority rule in Rhodesia within two years.

November

• 15 November - 31 guerillas killed by Rhodesian Security Forces in a battle in the Honde Valley

December

• 6 December - A retired Catholic bishop, a Catholic priest and a Catholic nun were shot dead in a guerrilla ambush in Lupane. They were 71 year old retired Bishop of Bulawayo, Rt. Rev. Adolph Schmitt, 65 year old Fr Possenti Weggarten, principal of Regina Mundi Secondary School in Lupane, and Sr Maria Frances van den Berg.
• 19 December - 27 male workers killed by guerillas at a tea estate in the Honde Valley.

Unknown

• Robert Mugabe and Joshua Nkomo form the Patriotic Front

Deaths

• 6 December - Retired Catholic bishop of Bulawayo, Rt. Rev. Adolph Gregory Schmitt, aged 71. Shot by guerillas in Lupane

Bibliography

• (1978). "The Valiant Years." Galaxie Press, Salisbury, Rhodesia