1972 in Rhodesia

The following lists events that happened during 1972 in Rhodesia.

Incumbents

 * President: Clifford Dupont
 * Prime Minister: Ian Smith

January

 * 11 January-11 March - The Pearce Commission arrives in Rhodesia to conduct tests of acceptability of settlement proposals which was agreed on in 1971

March

 * 10 March - The African National Council is transformed into a political organisation and calls for a constitutional conference

May

 * 31 May - The United States Senate votes against re-imposition of embargo on Rhodesian chromite.

August

 * 22 August - International Olympic Committee asks Rhodesia to withdraw from the 20th Olympic Summer Games held in Munich, Germany

December

 * 21 December - Guerrillas of the Zimbabwe African National Liberation Army (ZANLA) attack Altena farm in Centenary area, marking an unprecedented escalation of the Rhodesian Bush War.

Births

 * September 29 — Abel Chimukoko, long-distance runner