Flags

Coat of Arms

Zimbabwe - 18 April, 1980, Day of Independence from White minority rule.

{Yellow : represents the country's minerals Black : is for black majority White : is for peace (NOT white minority) Red : represents blood shed in the civil war (chimurenga) Green : is for vegetation (agricultural wealth) The bird : is the zimbabwean bird}

Zimbabwe-Rhodesia

Rhodesia was the name of the British colony of Southern Rhodesia after 1965. Earlier, the term "Rhodesia" had referred to a larger region that corresponds to Zimbabwe (Southern Rhodesia) and Zambia (Northern Rhodesia).

The Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland, also known as Central African Federation (CAF), was a semi-independent state in southern Africa that existed from 1953 to the end of 1963, comprising the former British protectorates of Southern Rhodesia, Northern Rhodesia, and Nyasaland. The Federation officially collapsed on 31 December 1963, when Northern Rhodesia gained independence from UK as the new nation of Zambia and Nyasaland gained independence as the new nation of Malawi.

Southern Rhodesia was the name of the British colony situated immediately to the north of South Africa, known today as Zimbabwe. The "Southern" was dropped from normal usage in 1964 and Rhodesia became the name of the country.