    zimbabwe rhodesia , officially the republic of zimbabwe rhodesia, was an unrecognised state that existed from 1 june 1979 to 12 december 1979. zimbabwe rhodesia was preceded by the unrecognised republic of rhodesia and was briefly followed by the re-established british colony of southern rhodesia, which according to british constitutional theory had remained the proper government after udi in 1965. about three months later, the re-established colony of southern rhodesia was granted independence as the republic of zimbabwe. an "internal settlement" between the smith administration of the republic of rhodesia and moderate african nationalist parties not involved in the rhodesian bush war led to the end of white minority government and the birth of majority rule in zimbabwe rhodesia. ==naming== as early as 1960 african nationalist political organisations in rhodesia agreed that the country should use the name "zimbabwe"; they used that name as part of the titles of their organisations. the name "zimbabwe", broken down to dzimba dzamabwe in shona (one of the two major languages in the country) means "houses of stone". ==government of zimbabwe rhodesia==  during its brief existence, the republic of zimbabwe rhodesia had one election which resulted in its short-lived biracial government. ===constitu
1979_disestablishments Former_countries_in_Africa Former_polities_of_the_Cold_War Former_unrecognized_countries History_of_Zimbabwe Provisional_governments Rhodesia States_and_territories_disestablished_in_1979 States_and_territories_established_in_1979