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| 1975 |
| | | The MPLA, controlling the capital but not the country, declares itself the government of newly independent Angola | |
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| 1975 |
| | | UNITA and the FNLA join forces to set up a rival Angolan government at Huambo, in the south of the country | |
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| 1975 |
| | | Portuguese East Africa becomes independent as Mozambique, with Frelimo as the only political party | |
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| 1975 |
| | | In Angola the USA and USSR fund rival guerrilla groups, MPLA and UNITA | |
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| 1975 |
| | | Cuban troops, sent by Castro to Angola, clash with South African forces attempting to combat communism | |
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| 1976 |
| | | A guerrilla movement, with Rhodesian backing, launches a long civil war against Frelimo in Mozambique | |
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| 1976 |
| | | Hundreds of deaths and casualties result from police firing on a demonstration by schoolchildren in the black township of Soweto | |
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| 1977 |
| | | Steve Biko, founder of Black Consciousness, dies of head wounds received in police custody in Pretoria | |
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| 1979 |
| | | The first multiracial elections held in Rhodesia are won by bishop Abel Muzorewa | |
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| 1979 |
| | | A conference in London, at Lancaster House, finally achieves agreement on Southern Rhodesia | |
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