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Rhodesian Front

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noun

  1. the governing party in Zimbabwe (then called Rhodesia) 1962–78

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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The Rhodesian Front is expected to wind up with 35 seats, to 29 for the U.F.P.

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Since the fighting began, white opponents of the regime have formed their own party, the Rhodesia Party, to counter Smith's Rhodesian Front.

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Mugabe next held out the olive branch to former Prime Minister Ian Smith's Rhodesian Front, which had won all 20 of the white parliamentary seats in separate elections last month.

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Prime Minister Ian Smith is in trouble with the right wing of his Rhodesian Front Party for having agreed to the settlement in the first place.

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Smith himself would continue as interim Prime Minister, but half of a new "broad-based" Cabinet would be chosen from outside his ruling Rhodesian Front Party, and two members would be blacks.

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