Zimbabwe, officially the Republic of Zimbabwe, is a landlocked country located in the southern part of Africa, between the Zambezi and provinces and two cities with provincial status.
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The establishment of the new Republic of Zimbabwe in 1980 sounded the death knell for white political power and ushered in a new era of self-determination for the black majority.
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Twenty years ago this month, Southern Rhodesia ceased to be and a new country called the Republic of Zimbabwe officially took its place on the political map of southern Africa.
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The Republic of Zimbabwe was officially admitted as the 153rd member of the UN on 25 August 1980 by the General Assembly acting on the recommendation by the Security Council.
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The information provided on the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Zimbabwe's website is outdated, and due to the country's growing isolation, several embassies that are listed have closed.
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Following the elections leading to the country's independence in 1980, as the Republic of Zimbabwe, the RF won all 20 parliamentary seats reserved for whites in the power-sharing agreement that it had forged.
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When Rhodesia was reconstituted as the new Republic of Zimbabwe in 1980, accompanied by the electoral triumph of leading black nationalist Robert Mugabe and his Zimbabwe African National Union, Coloureds numbered about 20, 000.
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The agreement at the elections were held in February 1980 following which the country attained its independence as the Republic of Zimbabwe on 18 April 1980 with Robert Mugabe as its first Prime Minister.
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"' Mike Campbell ( Pvt ) Ltd et al . v . Republic of Zimbabwe "'is a case decided by the Southern African Development Community ( SADC ) Tribunal ( hereinafter " the Tribunal " ).
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Thus it was the British Union Flag that was lowered during the ceremony on 17 / 18 April 1980 marking the country's attainment of independence as the Republic of Zimbabwe when the new flag of Zimbabwe was adopted.
