The following lists events that happened during 1978 in Rhodesia.
Incumbents President: until 31 August: John WrathallJohn Wrathall, Appointed To Office In 1976 as Independent Rhodesia's 2nd President, Toledo Blade, 31 August 1978The Great Betrayal: The Memoirs of Ian Douglas Smith, Ian Douglas Smith, Blake Publishing Limited, 1997, page 266 31 August-1 November: Henry EverardHeads of State and Government, John V. Da Graça, Springer, 1985, page 265 starting 1 November: Jack William PitheyReport of the Commission Appointed to Divide Rhodesia into Twenty-three Constituencies, 1978, Hector Norman Macdonald Govt. printer, 1978, page 1 Prime Minister: Ian Smith
Events January 3 January - Leopard Rock Hotel in the Vumba Mountains is damaged after a guerilla rocket attack.
March 3 March - The Salisbury Agreement what later became known as the Internal Settlement, aimed at leading to black majority rule signed by Prime Minister Ian Smith, UANC president Bishop Abel Muzorewa, ZUPO president Senator Chief Jeremiah Chirau, and ANC (Sithole) president the Rev. Ndabaningi Sithole. 14 March - United Nations Security Council Resolution 423 condemned the Rhodesian Internal Settlements:United Nations Security Council Resolution 423 21 March - Transitional Government aimed at leading to black majority rule formally established as part of the Salisbury Agreement, Internal Settlement.
April 14 April - Nine black ministers are sworn in to serve on the Ministerial Council of the Transitional Government.
May 19 May - Two Swiss Red Cross workers and their African assistant are killed by fighters near the Mozambique border.
June 23 June - In the Vumba massacre, 12 whites were murdered. 8 British missionaries (3 men and 5 women) and 4 of their children were bayonetted to death at Emmanuel Mission School at Vumba by guerillas. The dead belonged to the Elim Pentecostal Church. 24 June - Rhodesia beat Western Transvaal 41-9 in a Currie Cup match played at Hartsfield Rugby Ground, Bulawayo. 28 June - Three Zimbabwe African People's Union fighters kill two German missionaries.
August 15 August - The Rhodesia Herald was renamed The Herald.
September 3 September - Air Rhodesia Flight 825 was shot down by guerillas and the survivors were shot on the ground, killing 48. Deaths 17 June - Archie Dunaway, an American Baptist evangelist, is stabbed to death by ZAPU fighters at the Sanyati Mission Hospital, 217 km west of Salisbury 28 June - Clifford Dupont, 1st President of Rhodesia dies aged 72.
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