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
  United African National Council
  The United African National Council is a political party in Zimbabwe.In 1979, led by Bishop Abel Muzorewa, the UANC Party held formal power in Zimbabwe during the short-lived period of the Internal Settlement...
  
   is transformed into a political organisation and calls for a constitutional conference

May

• 31 May - The United States Senate
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  The United States Senate is the upper house of the bicameral legislature of the United States, and together with the United States House of Representatives comprises the United States Congress. The composition and powers of the Senate are established in Article One of the U.S. Constitution. Each...
  
   votes against re-imposition of embargo on Rhodesian chromite
  Chromite
  Chromite is an iron chromium oxide: FeCr2O4. It is an oxide mineral belonging to the spinel group. Magnesium can substitute for iron in variable amounts as it forms a solid solution with magnesiochromite ; substitution of aluminium occurs leading to hercynite .-Occurrence:Chromite is found in...
  
  .

August

• 22 August - International Olympic Committee
  International Olympic Committee
  The International Olympic Committee is an international corporation based in Lausanne, Switzerland, created by Pierre de Coubertin on 23 June 1894 with Demetrios Vikelas as its first president...
  
   asks Rhodesia to withdraw from the 20th Olympic Summer Games
  1972 Summer Olympics
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   held in Munich
  Munich
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  , Germany
  Germany
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December

• 21 December - Terrorists/Freedom-fighters attack Altena farm in Centenary area (This attack marks beginning of upsurge of insurgency activity)

See also

• 1971 in Zimbabwe
  1971 in Zimbabwe
  -June:*30 June - Arnold Goodman, a British special envoy arrives in Rhodesia for talks with the Rhodesian government-November:*15 November - Alec Douglas-Home, the British Foreign Secretary, arrives in Salisbury to discuss settlement proposals...
  
  
• other events of 1972
• 1973 in Zimbabwe
  1973 in Zimbabwe
  *9 January - Rhodesia closes its borders with Zambia due to the Zambians harbouring guerrillas.*4 February - Rhodesia re-opens its borders to Zambia but the Zambian side remained closed....
  
  
• Timeline of Zimbabwe history
  Timeline of Zimbabwe history
  -The Conquests:*1600s - 1610s - 1620s - 1630s - 1640s - 1650s - 1660s - 1670s - 1680s - 1690s*1700s - 1710s - 1720s - 1730s - 1740s - 1750s - 1760s - 1770s - 1780s - 1790s*1800s - 1810s - 1820s - 1830s - 1840s - 1850s - 1860s - 1870s - 1880s - 1890s...