African National Council (Sithole)

The collection consists of copy material relating to the First Constitutional Settlement Talks at Salisbury Rhodesia, 1977-1978. Minutes of the twelfth meeting are missing as are minutes of any meetings subsequent to the thirteenth.

The African National Council (Sithole) (ANC(S)) was formed in 1977 and led by the Rev. Ndabiningi Sithole, formerly a leader of the Zimbabwe African National Union (ZANU). ANC(S) was one of the parties which co-operated in the Transitional Government in Rhodesia, prior to independence. It won twelve seats in the 1979 elections but Sithole refused to take up the seats or his entitlement to representation within the Cabinet calling instead for an inquiry into the conduct of the elections. Th party was renamed ZANU Sithole

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The African National Council (Sithole) (ANC(S)) was formed in 1977 and led by the Rev. Ndabiningi Sithole, formerly a leader of the Zimbabwe African National Union (ZANU). ANC(S) was one of the parties which co-operated in the Transitional Government in Rhodesia, prior to independence. It won twelve seats in the 1979 elections but Sithole refused to take up the seats or his entitlement to representation within the Cabinet calling instead for an inquiry into the conduct of the elections. Th party was renamed ZANU Sithole

Anne V Akeroyd and Colin P Lunt (eds.), A Guide to the Southern African Archives in the University of York, (York, 1979).
A typescript catalogue, to file level, is available for consultation in the Borthwick Institute's searchrooms.

Description compiled by James Towe on 18 June 2009. Retroconverted by C Fonge, April 2022.

A reprographics service is available to researchers. Copying will not be undertaken if there is any risk of damage to the document. Copies are supplied in accordance with the Borthwick Institute for Archives' terms and conditions for the supply of copies, and under provisions of any relevant copyright legislation. Permission to reproduce images of documents in the custody of the Borthwick Institute must be sought.

The documents listed below were deposited with the Borthwick Institute as part of a collection formed by the Centre for Southern African Studies Documentation Project (1974-1976) at the University of York. Funded by the Leverhulme Trust Fund the Documentation Project was established to build up a collection of primary source material on southern Africa.
More details on the Southern African Documentation Project can be found in Anne V Akeroyd and Colin P Hunt (Eds.), A Guide to the Southern African Archives in the University of York, (York, 1979).

Further deposits are not expected.

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