Rhodesia | Zimbabwe | Ian Smith | 1960s Africa | This Week | 1968

A slightly shortened version of the original report.
The Rhodesian leader Ian Smith,, having beaten off a right -wing challenges to his leadership at home, is widely believed to be on the brink of fresh talks with Harold Wilson.
What is Smith up to? Llew Gardner reports from Salisbury on the widespread suspicion of the latest moves among both African and White opponents of Smith on both sides.
Interviewees: Ian Smith
Lord Graham,
Robin James,
Len Idensohn,
Commander Phillips,
Pat Rashford,
First shown: 26/09/1968
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Quote: VT100975

[@for111]

The problem is; the country went from minority rule of a small percentage to minority rule of one man.

[@gabrielchaibva7800]

Sonetimes you just have to shut up than to insult us blacks. The narrative of white racists has been to project our leaders as bad for us and as selfish and so they instigate hatred against them hoping they the people will revolt and they impose their puppet! We Zimbabweans have become far more cleverer than that!

[@ayodejiolowokere1076]

Who was an indigene and elevated fellow indigenes to first class status.

[@acuriousfellow]

I think that Ian was right when he said there would be no black majority rule in his lifetime. Black dictatorship yes, black majority rule no! He was right.

[@juliomiguel6597]

@@ayodejiolowokere1076 I think rather he elevated himself and his family to first class status.

[@ayodejiolowokere1076]

@@juliomiguel6597 I don't disagree.

[@TrueBrit1]

I used to work with an Asian guy (Indian I think, although I never asked) who was posted to Rhodesia back in the mid to late 70s as a civil servant, seconded to help out with government development using his UK civil service knowledge and experience. He spent 3 years there until 1978 or 1979, basically just before Mugabe took power. He said it was a beautiful country, very modern, well organised and efficiently ran, clean and with law and order. He loved it there and said that when his secondment ended, he and his wife were very sad to leave. He watched from afar as the country descended into a shambles and always said it was a terrible decline that should never had happened.

[@primalconvoy]

That's not really the fault of "black people", but rather "Mugabe" and his cronies.

[@rootsdubz]

@@primalconvoy I thank you. The people have the power to change the narrative now.

[@raanchol5955]

Black African zimbabwean are better off than racist who were taking their land. What country are you talking is in shambles?? African zimbabwean own their land now and down need your shameful sympathy.

[@dreamdiction]

@@primalconvoy Nonsense, every post-colonial African country descends into a slum ruled by crime gangs because independent African leaders abuse their own people worse than the previous European colonial regimes. The problem with Africa is Africans themselves.

[@maxonion7604]

@@dreamdiction i don't think so.

[@Nkomazi]

Thank you for showing us a side I didn't know about, that the white between themselves were divided ...

[@glendodds3824]

There was very bad feeling between the white liberals and right-wingers as can be seen in this footage: kzbin.info/www/bejne/oGqukI2QjMdkh8k

[@tapiwamafuta9067]

Thank you for this interesting documentary

[@tmachinga]

I wish the leaders of today had the same level of patriotism as these Settlers.

[@ayodejiolowokere1076]

They do. They enrich themselves at the expense of the majority and country.

[@ryan7525]

they still talk about this country to this day

[@anesupasipanodya]

If you think about it, ZANU replaced the whites

[@jeep19]

You can keep your minority ruling, racist whites, and racist laws.

[@devinfraserashpole4753]

@@ayodejiolowokere1076 Same as the APC?

[@Nkomazi]

"labels don't mean what they always say... 🤣" @09:44 That full minute describes what is still a problem in Zimbabwe.

[@BatsiraiMusuka]

I know right!!! 😂😂

[@Y4di]

Zimbabwe looks more modern in the 60s than now

[@JohnDoe-tx8lq]

Depends where you looked! All the problems, the poor, the shelters with no water or power, are not in White areas. All the systematic abuse of individuals on a daily basis is not on display here. Being White with a good job, a car, a house... yes, very nice, very modern. Everything bad can be conveniently swept under the carpet, if you don't look too hard.

[@nowherepeople3431]

@@JohnDoe-tx8lq Reductionist feelgood nonsense. The footage itself shows black people working jobs in a clean modern environment. This will equate to better health outcomes and prosperity for them compared to subsistence agriculture. All that has gone because people like you get a kick out of calling other white folks racist.

[@JohnDoe-tx8lq]

@@nowherepeople3431 "feelgood"?? 😁 It makes you feel good? 'The 'footage' ARE the white areas!! It's doesn't mean there are literally no black people, it means they work for whites but live elsewhere. Hilarious you think health care would be the same for both!! Your saying black people are only capable of subsistence farming... you must have a very low opinion of them, what a surprise. I haven't seen many black farmers in the UK... strange that, it's as if they had the chance to get an education do 'proper' jobs, just like whites!!

[@theultimatesharpshooter6734]

@@nowherepeople3431 Did you even watch the film? It says almost verbatim that blacks are having an unemployment crisis in Rhodesia. Also for a country where for out of every 100 people 96 were black there were surprisingly very few blacks in the film.

[@nowherepeople3431]

@@JohnDoe-tx8lq It makes YOU feel good to attack the whole project because it doesn’t fit with your “all things should be equal” worldview. Yes, it showed blacks working as nurses, administrators, gardeners and no doubt many other jobs at a certain level based on their experience and ability. Yes given that they are the majority and it was a relatively new country most of the poor will obv be black and live in black areas. It’s not that the arrival of wealthier whites MADE them poor. They’re just different. Whatever healthcare they received I have no doubt it was better than no healthcare at all living in the bush. I absolutely did not say they were capable of only subsistence agriculture, the fact they are working other jobs shows that. LOL black farmers in the uk, what has that got to do with Rhodesia? The UK is a majority white nation and always has been, Zimbabwe is not. You think that because about 5% of the UK is black they should be 50% of the farmers? I don’t think blacks who move to the UK are just that interested in farming plus given they’ve only been here a couple of generations moving from poor countries there is obv a wealth gap but yeah that is racism too. It’s all racist and you have to point it all out! It makes YOU feel good. Racism of your fellow white people is just a placeholder for you that easily fills in the gaps where people and the world don’t line up with your systematic equality theories.

[@TheLinmaster]

The Rhodesian's big miscalculation is that they gave in to the concept of majority rule simply too late. It ultimately fuelled the rise of the militant and more extreme opposition( ZANLA etc.). You almost wonder if they had gone with the path Garfield Todd envisioned of gradually starting the integration of the black moderates in the early 60s into key government positions and effectively building a class of competent black ministers to take over ultimately. We would have black majority rule by at least the early 80s. In this scenario, you would have had a black majority government with the key competencies to effectively run the economy and country. The Rhodesians were just too racist to see the big picture; ironically, they were the architects of their demise.

[@ShotsMerkzAll]

White Rhodesians built the infrastructure, why should they not be allowed to be in charge? They wanted to work towards democracy but forcing black majority rule only due to the fact they have a large population is ridiculous.

[@TheLinmaster]

@@ShotsMerkzAll The fact of the matter is in any society, the will and sentiment of the majority trump any other group for better or worse. The white Rhodesians could not accept this fate, so they took a route of maximum resistance(e.g. the war, UDI). Ultimately they were left worse off for it, hence my point that if they had recognised this early enough, they could have had a more direct hand into which black government would rule the eventual black majority government and have much more favourable terms for their existence in that country

[@ShotsMerkzAll]

@@TheLinmaster Rhodesia is not a case of bitter white resistance but rather do a defence against terrorists (communists, extremists and unfortunately the guilt ridden British). Ian Smith said multiple times that it’s okay for a black men to eventually become the leader but it must be through a democratic process. Brits forced Rhodesia to hand over full control to the majority population. It was senseless and unintelligent considering what occurred afterwards.

[@TheLinmaster]

Regardless the white Rhodesians ultimately came out with nothing to show for all their resistance. A pointless war was fought where thousands of lives were lost, and quite comically, Zimbabwe ended up being run by an ideological Marxist party. My question is, was it worth it? Or, with the help of hindsight, can we say they could have taken an alternative route, such as comprising with the moderates in the 60s as they tried too little too late to do in the late 70 with Muzowera and co? Nonetheless, Rhodesia is a long-forgotten place of history, and Zimbabwe is today. And as they say, the past is a place to learn from and not live in.

[@ShotsMerkzAll]

@@TheLinmaster What we learn from the past is that a couple hundred men can visit a land and build a magnificent country filled with the most beautiful buildings, trees and infrastructure that resembles a sense of paradise and richness. We learn that guilt and terrorism destroyed it, we now look at the current place with a sense of shame. However the same minded terrorists that destroyed the paradise want to tell you that the real shame is Rhodesia 😂. The world never fails to blow me away .

[@glendodds3824]

One of the biggest differences that existed in Rhodesian society was between whites who loved Rhodesia and South Africa and whites who only loved Rhodesia.

[@ScottTheBot07]

A lot of whites in Rhodesia paid little attention to race whilst in South Africa race was deliberately magnified

[@glendodds3824]

Actually, the differences between Rhodesia and South Africa are often magnified by some dishonest Rhodesians who want to distance themselves from white South Africans. Election results show that only about 20 per cent of Rhodesia's whites were liberals. Nowadays, however, some former right-wing Rhodesians like to have a liberal persona.

[@ahtes2458]

@bLackstar an absolute lie in every way. Rhodesia was offered several times to become the fifth (sixth after Namibia was added) province of South Africa but the government turned it down due to cultural and political differences. Early on when Rhodesia was the colony of southern Rhodesia and South Africa a British dominion they refused on the basis of culture. Later on they refused because of their disdain for racial Apartheid.

[@glendodds3824]

Ironically, many of the Rhodesians who criticised South Africa for apartheid were happy to live in segregated suburbs themselves in Rhodesia; suburbs like Avondale, Braeside and Cranborne and sent their children to whites-only government schools like Queensdale, Hatfield and Nettleton. Moreover, whites born in Rhodesia were mostly born in segregated hospitals like the Lady Chancellor in Salisbury. As I have said already, the differences between Rhodesia and South Africa are often exaggerated. If I were black, i would have preferred to live in Rhodesia but all in all it had a great deal in common with the continent's wealthiest and most powerful country.

[@SymphonyBrahms]

@@glendodds3824 Rhodesia didn't have apartheid like S.A. but it was still a racist society.

[@Wolf-hh4rv]

What a wonderful country it was to live in. Don’t think many black Zimbabweans would disagree

[@erenjaeger6082]

Was* A dump now

[@hairystyles9794]

@@erenjaeger6082 how dare you? The only country where almost everyone was a trillionaire at one point 😉

[@erenjaeger6082]

@@hairystyles9794 🤣🤣don't remind me

[@badlaamaurukehu]

I've heard same sentiment from other former common-wealthers. It's a silly argument to anyone with a book or two.

[@Wolf-hh4rv]

@@badlaamaurukehu what do you mean?

[@johnmajor9564]

Thank you so much for uploading this interesting documentary! Sanctions didnt ruin Zimbabwe it was irresponsible leadership.

[@tneita3166]

"WRONG",The thing that RUIN ZIMBABWE was ( not "one" man, R Mugabe ) but, (1),The then white population played nothing but a destabilising, sabotaging role against MAJORITY RULE because they as RACIST PEOPLE could not come to terms with the fact that if Democracy was established in Zimbabwe then the Country would be Ruled (governed) By BLACK AFRICAN PEOPLE,,This to them was totally unexceptable,out of the question, so when R Mugabe came to power ALL OF THE BUSINESS (or most to all), One could say closed shop, (those businesses were owned by racist people, & from then on the European /American outlets became nonexistent to Zimbabwe.(2) the other thing that economically ruined Zimbabwe was the inability not of R.Mugabe ;but of the people themselves ; who "probably due to being kept illiterate by the people's with power" was TOTALLY unable to manage a country internally let alone internationally. These (2) Situation's alone was the blow's that ruined Zimbabwe because from then on desperation took hold & the desperate in there ignorance turned to CORRUPTION,,,. J Major U R showing ure blind side don't U think,,,.

[@johnmajor9564]

@@tneita3166 I am sorry, but what you say is not right: 1.) The Rhodisian Army was integrated into the new Zim. Army: It didnt stage a coup it helped to integrate the different forces. Many fine regiments were dissolved: No white soldier rebelled nor did the whites start a civil war. The Rhodesian Civil Service continued its work and supported the new country. 2.) Capitalist companies want to make profits they dont care about your colour or culture. So i doubt that international companies left Zimbabwe because they hated the new black government but maybe because the government created a hyperinflation and massivly increased taxes to fund its corrupt government. 3.) Zimbabweans quickly became one of the best educated people in Africa. The literacy rate is astonishingly high. A good leader would have used the taxes from the whites to lift black people up, to give them even better education, making Zim an African Sylicon Valley. Sadly nothing of this happened. And that alone is the failiure of the black Hitler Mugabe.

[@SakBoyyy]

@@johnmajor9564 very ignorant 😒 capitalist care about profits not the colour of your skin hahaha ridiculous the capitalist where there to exploit cheap labour and give shit wages under majority rule this would not be allowed so they fled ,you know nothing mate you are just trying to make a case for Racist Rhodesian and its just not worthy you make no sense

[@SakBoyyy]

@@johnmajor9564 Ian Smith was a racist who failed Rhodesians the British government gave him many proposals he didn't act until it was too late the war had turned too bloody and no one wanted anything to do with it took advantage of the fact that Britain said they wudnt use force gave a cause for a war destroyed a nation of people Rhodesians were a distinct group of people couldn't secure thier future and preserve thier history in favour of an ideology made way for intellectuals like Mugabe to out manauever him and get in into power

[@sandilekhumalo9757]

@@SakBoyyy I still don't see how most people still think the people benefit from segregation business is always the winner even in war zones

[@markperry5429]

Now Zimbabwe can starve in freedom.

[@nowherepeople3431]

And equality.

[@ayodejiolowokere1076]

Why the spite?

[@tandjtandj4071]

@@ayodejiolowokere1076 should always be careful of what you wish for

[@ayodejiolowokere1076]

@@tandjtandj4071 the sovereignty of the natives. No regrets there, if this was the only way of course I'd take it.

[@ScottTheBot07]

Equally starving

[@frankgoudy8208]

Ian Smith was an outstanding leader and realistic visionary. Of course , that makes no difference in a world where Nutters abound. He is in his grave saying "I told you so"

[@alecmbudzi3410]

They was no peace he was very cruel

[@ayodejiolowokere1076]

Outstanding leader who left his people to ruin. And the idiot was cremated.

[@InternetSurfer1215]

​@@alecmbudzi3410 "They was no peace?" Either way, is it better now?

[@InternetSurfer1215]

​@@alecmbudzi3410was Mugabe a better alternative?

[@tadiwanashemoyo901]

​Certainly not, Zimbabwe has came to ruin

[@jasonpatchett2251]

Perhaps meritocracy is better than democracy. Rhodesia is a prime example - please tell me differently.

[@MrROTD]

Democracy was never intended to allow everyoone to vote, only educated and land owners were allowed to vote in Greece where it was invented.

[@freedomwarrior6632]

Long live Sir Ian Smith s legacy.He will be remembered by us as a great Statesman 👍 👌 🙏

[@jeep19]

Nah, he and his family got what they deserved...

[@moaferikatheoriginalman]

Only fools can remember Ian Smith. There was nothing statesmanly about him. He was worse than human waste.

[@worldfromnwa2305]

Is that how God will remember him? Did his ideas and practices conform to the teachings of the Christian bible???

[@moaferikatheoriginalman]

@@worldfromnwa2305 Which God? White man's Delusions or The God of the Universe?

[@moaferikatheoriginalman]

@@SymphonyBrahms . Mugabe was the end of an era and the beginning of another era. Transition is always violent. Blame those who set the stage before him. He was just managing a crisis to the best of his ability against the might of evil forces from western countries and he did a great job. Zimbabwe will rise better and stronger than before and Mugabe started the ball rolling. He was human, he made mistakes but he was what Zimbabwe needed at that particular moment. That is why he came into the scene at the right time. He was the chosen one. White people will not win this war of existence in Southern Africa. This is a different turf. It's not Australia and it is not the Americas nor is it New Zealand. This is the very seat of God and He has made a covenant about it. If White people don't want to cooperate and hand back all stolen goods, they shall face the full wrath of The All Mighty Creator who loved The Land of The Black Man so much, He placed everything on and in this land mass for His very chosen people. Read the Times and the Signs and repent for the sins of your forefathers.

[@marktaha2701]

Compare and contrast Rhodesia and Zimbabwe.Britain should have given Rhodesia independence with other countries.One man one vote is a sacred cow.

[@SymphonyBrahms]

Britain didn't grant independence to racist countries.

[@Andrew_Brightman]

Part 2. However my sympathies and compassion lie with the good, brave African people who struggled during that era. As a white Zimbabwean, I can say Rhodesia wasn't perfect. In fact the Rhodesian govt was at times cruel and in the wrong by how they treated blacks most unfairly. Although Rhodesia was much fairer compared to apartheid South Africa. If only the Whites and Blacks worked together in Unity, Friendship, Tolerance, Loving Kindness, Compassion and Peace. What a country we could have made! A Zimbabwe where both Blacks and Whites were United and where we produced one of the most prosperous countries in Africa, let alone in the world. Despite what fascist Zanu PF and Mugabe did to our beautiful country, there is great hope for our country in the future. A nation built on Community, Love, Kindness, Compassion, Friendship, Forgiveness, Tolerance and Unity for all living Beings. A country where our Wildlife thrives ( a wildlife capital in Africa), healthy National Parks and where the people are joyful, free and prosperous. I believe in it with all my heart. Love, God, Goodness and the Light Always wins. Amen.

[@aa2220]

The Cushites should be arriving in the South in the next 20-30 years, once we finish in the Congo and East Africa. You whites should of made a deal with us! 😂😂😂

[@erenjaeger6082]

It will come

[@Andrew_Brightman]

@@erenjaeger6082 Thanks. I agree. It will.

[@ep5019]

Good luck with that get ready for another diverse and inclusive Farm murder.

[@deeppurple883]

I agree with everything you said but the last word.,✌️☘️

[@SakBoyyy]

More Rhodesia videos please

[@andyjay7337]

With a nod towards a popular woman’s hair-style at the time, critics of minority white-rule referred to Rhodesia as Surrey with a lunatic fringe on top.

[@rationalconservative386]

Ian Smith was a great man!

[@user-mg2ip8cr8z]

without Smith there would be no Mugabe - had Garfield Todd not been pushed out in the early 60s he could have set things right and today there would still be a large white community numbering 3-4 % instead of the pathetic 20,000 - 0.22% now living there .

[@akoamoseetave3091]

The greatest of them all.

[@evem9564]

HAHAHAHAHA

[@brantdanger]

Why does this video say "Fremantle"?

[@oriettoberti2501]

The paradise in Africa.

[@SymphonyBrahms]

For white people.

[@oriettoberti2501]

@@SymphonyBrahms Die kaffer op sy plek.

[@KeithWilliamMacHendry]

What's this English descent talk? Ian Smith is in a large part of Scots descent as are many others throughout that part of Africa & around about it. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

[@devinfraserashpole4753]

What's the difference?

[@Andrew_Brightman]

Smith was of both Scottish and English descent. An Anglo-Scot. He had a Scottish father and an English mother. Many of us Rhodesians were Anglo-Scottish including my family and I. English, Welsh, Irish and Scottish. In other words, we Rhodesians were British. Rhodesia also had some settlers of Greek, Italian, Portuguese and other Mediterranean heritage as well as some Afrikaans families too.

[@yngve1925]

Ian Smith - a noble gentleman, a true patriot, a great statesman. RESPECT!!! Long live Rhodesia!🫡

[@johnnymookergee4935]

God Bless you Prime Minister Smith RIP

[@primalconvoy]

You might want to reupload this with improved sound. I could hardly hear it, even with my speakers set to "max".

[@lovrogrcar9136]

It might be time to get your hearing checked, then.

[@robdubz1510]

Agree 100%

[@kumbiektw]

@@lovrogrcar9136 😂😂😂

[@charro509charitablegiving2]

Sound IS set too low. Toooooooooooo loooooooooow.

[@FiveMissiles]

full volume on my phone its super quite

[@iVenge]

Audio level needs to be raised.

[@tadiwanashemoyo901]

Now there's no democracy, no freedom, no jobs and absolutely no hope fore the average Zimbabwean

[@evem9564]

there is FREEDOM

[@stu8729]

Interesting commentary there on the Central Party of Pat Bashford. Unfortunately these moderate white voices couldn't be heard in the fervour of the UDI. Didn't stand a chance. The Tobacco farmer interviewed gives a very accurate perception of Ian Smith.

[@stu8729]

The unemployed African guy wearing the suit in the park is smart and articulate. Quite possibly an ally to a better future for whites in Rhodesia / Zimbabwe. It is a shame that degree educated Africans were not brought on board earlier in the day. Perhaps he did get seduced with Communism etc, many young people the world over are. If they had a better slice of the pie, there may well have been a better future. The statement about a poor white in UK, having a better chance is pointed. Though I would agree the British Government change of attitude between 1945 and 1960 did leave those it encouraged to settle in Africa in the lurch.

[@TimInWaterloo]

And now we know how this all turned out…

[@lionsandeaglespodcast360]

Who's that Chris Phillips figure that is being discussed @ 8:24 ?

[@BlackPigeonPilled]

Leader of the Rhodesian National Party

[@MagicNash89]

Wouldve loved to see where all of these people, especially the unemployed, ended up

[@fredbeach2085]

Having lots of children who are now unemployed thanks to Mugabe and his henchmen.

[@trevorharvey105]

The media never reports on how Black rule is going.

[@ciandoyle3315]

probably fucking murdered

[@JohnSmith-ei2pz]

Londinistan!

[@zuzemoyo7696]

Zimbabwe was meant to have a black government running a White dominated economy, the Land and all remaining under White Capital. This is what the Lancaster House Agreement was about. When the Black government pulled the rug from under the White economy by force, the Anglo Saxon Capitalists led by America imposed stringent SANCTIONS on Zimbabwe. Yes it's a fact that Zimbabwe could do a lot better with moderate, yet patriotic, clear headed leadership. We could be a better country, building our economy. These are the twin evils keeping us from achieving our full potential. We need a progressive government, firm on our entitlement to our resources and patriotic too. Critically, we MUST change our education system and focus on making our people creative and entrepreneurial. It means shifting totally from the western model which produces place holders for it's factories. We need creators of wealth and that way we can steer ourselves away from the dead end education system of creating job seekers.

[@isaymymind1727]

Zim needs to settle tribalism first before it can focus or dream of moving forwards. Shonas must learn to be inclusive and respectful of all tribes

[@rockrabbit253]

What stringent sanctions does Zimbabwe have ? Name 5 products , excluding US military hardware that Zimbabwe may not import. Name 5 products that Zimbabwe may not export .

[@kumbiektw]

You know exactly what we want my brother…well said 💪🏾

[@evem9564]

@@isaymymind1727 dude, "Shonas" don't care to marginalize anybody. why are you sowing seeds of tribalism?

[@isaymymind1727]

@@evem9564 You speak for ALL of them?

[@user-cn5so7jj3z]

RHODESIA IS SUPER

[@kazer353]

Free palatine

[@ScottTheBot07]

Based

[@ayodejiolowokere1076]

Rhodesia was a joke.

[@avus-kw2f213]

Yes but f*** The Zionist state

[@dutchskyrimgamer.youtube2748]

@@kazer353 Free Rhodesia!

[@jeroenjansen2709]

I never knew that the RF were in favour of majority rule

[@glendodds3824]

The RF accepted the principle of majority rule in 1976, albeit reluctantly.

[@user-xo9zu2bx7l]

God bless him, he was a saint

[@Mman07311]

That last guy made a very interesting point

[@kyrokyro2343]

Will I see all these people in heaven.?

[@susanwhaley370]

Hi. What was the last interviewees' name?

[@davidfabish-wood5278]

Ndabaningi Sithole

[@gabrielchaibva7800]

Economic sanctions were not imposed on Rhodesia because it did not have problack policy. Not because of racist policies and denial of blacks human rights. Oh hell no... it was because Smith had rebelled against the Queen...he had shown disrepect for the colonial master Britain and thats why they imposed sanctions... i hope blacks can hear this...

[@shaungranger2166]

True but after Britain told him its time for majority rule

[@SakBoyyy]

@@shaungranger2166 worst thing that happened to Rhodesia Ian Smith

[@johnpederson5873]

No country should have black rule or white rule people should work together and that’s what smith wanted

[@ayodejiolowokere1076]

@@johnpederson5873 he actually reserved most seats in the government for whites.

[@ayodejiolowokere1076]

@@johnpederson5873 you're not understanding. There was no such system in Rhodesia at all. Ian Smith would not even discuss a timetable and stated the white man is master of Rhodesia. Your claim is false.

[@rickt1866]

we had a much better life- times are hard now and no chance of things getting better - sadly.

[@slothmode3590]

Are u from there?

[@evem9564]

you had a much better life exploiting blacks. boo hoo

[@zim961]

The is something special about Africa that Orange people still think about Rhodesia

[@evem9564]

Right?

[@MRABDAHMED1]

Honestly been researching about Rhodesia. The conclusion I've come up with is that Rhodesia Europeans were correct in keeping the wealth voting system since the vast majority of residents didn't have allegiance to the state or the ideals of uniting together for the greater good of the nation and the progress for a better future. Ian Smith could have implemented a federal job guarantee run by local councils to improve the infrastructure and educational needs of the populace (check out modern monetary theory). I believe this would have improved relations with the native Zimbabweans and encourage economically integration of the whole nation. Indirectly discourage the enlisting of guruela fighters by offering a meaningful job to anyone who seeks work. Just my thoughts, please leave any comments for further intellectual discussion. ( I'm a native black African )

[@StartNowAct]

Keep studying

[@MRABDAHMED1]

@@StartNowAct 😂 thanks for that incredible advice

[@mboroyako6413]

Are you recommending the country go back to being a colony? That ship sailed in 1980 maybe come up with modern solutions for the current leadership and stop living in the past abdool.

[@MRABDAHMED1]

@@mboroyako6413 Stop being emotional triggered, you know what I wrote. Either bring something worthy to add or stop trolling. You can read right, Zanu?

[@mboroyako6413]

@@MRABDAHMED1 I can but it appears you're stuck in the 60s so let me give you an update. In 1980 the country ceased to be known as Rhodesia and became Zimbabwe. Majority rule was established and like most countries in Africa issues of corruption and bad governance hindered the country. So if you want to bring plausible solutions feel free . Crying and sulking about rhodesia like a baby abdool will not bring it back.

[@Thesil.]

I like how the comments all support rhodesia in these videos but all the replies are against the great nation.

[@SymphonyBrahms]

The racist nation.

[@evem9564]

Rhodesia was founded on Nazi racist principles

[@suzyqualcast6269]

Whatever, Mugabe soldats won the argument - ha ha, and look where that left them, ALL THE MANY peeps banging on the fences of stable Botswana for entry.

[@zeroeffortmemes]

At least the homeless people were well dressed

[@pvdp2]

Rhodesia, not zimbabwe.

[@primalconvoy]

I've just been on the phone to the Zimbabwean embassy in Tokyo today, as I wanted to send a parcel to Zimbabwe, but Japan will/can not send post there, due to Covid 19 restrictions. I wanted to help a school in Zimbabwe as they helped some Zimbabwean pupils at a school I worked at. Small world...

[@isaymymind1727]

The postman will be thankful for your parcel..or the customs officials

[@tinashegoredema1515]

@@isaymymind1727 please don't be so negative towards Zimbabwe people should speak of what they know we are receiving packages from outside of Zimbabwe at times people are just negative these are lies and this should stop

[@isaymymind1727]

@@tinashegoredema1515 I am ZImbabwean. Lets not talk of our country like its the first world. If all was as you say, none of us would be living abroad.

[@EbenezerScroogeMcDuck]

You're here after watching...

[@chrisclarke4541]

They should have stuck with Ian Smith.

[@LeonSteyn-rx7uu]

😢 a country destroyed by a greedy politician and his cronies. Now Zimbabweans are suffering. 92% unemployment. What kind of future is there for future generations. Black majority rule does not work.

[@mlandis8835]

Sad thing is ppl call these ppl racist but the unfortunate truth is theres a reason the country was more developed in 1965 than in 2023...hard truths

[@ballshippin3809]

Zimbabwe is much better off now thank goodness. Literally every single Zimbabwean is a multi millionaire!!! 😮

[@evem9564]

yup

[@Nkomazi]

Unemployment that's our archilles heel...@11:45

[@nbkhafula8381]

@jasonpatchett2251• BSA here of Zulu extraction. Ole Iain’s meritocracy was going to work. The man developed the country and did well under proper sanctions. No died of hunger there, be they black or white. I did my good primary education there, saw it all. To me Smith is a Zimbabwean hero. Never experienced direct racism there , than what I have encountered in Britain.

[@evem9564]

Ian Smith was a turd

[@tufikum2633]

Wanting to live under white rule as a white man is perfectly understandable, but then you have to be coherent and embrace racial seperatism and build your own enclave. Instead the white Rhodesians wanted apartheid in a multicultural country so that they could still keep their black employees, which like the Afrikaaners eventually lead to them being ruled by a black majority.

[@whenwe9168]

13:06 crying foul yet BBEE is the way its done in South Africa

[@yusufmussaumerji819]

SOUND 🔊 QUALITY VERY POOR I MISS MR IAN SMITH INTELLIGENT MAN IT WAS PARADISE COUNTRY THEN

[@SizweDlokweni]

He says he has nowhere to go but where did he go to when shit hit the fan😂😂😂

[@nbkhafula8381]

@ MRABDHAMED1 Thank you, very few black people know about the Wealth Voting 🗳 system you have mentioned. I am black, I was around 15 years, when it was in place. This is how Rhodesia Administration had set it up. Whether black or white if you don’t earn £600.00 per annum, or own rateable property. You do not vote. A lot of blacks who qualified, were bullied by their own people and stopped from participating. Anyone who did, was branded a sellout. Now everything Iain Smith forecasted has come to pass. You can’t even drink water 💦 from a Public Park or your own house. Slava Zimbabwe 🇿🇼

[@evem9564]

Zimbabwe is better than Rhodesia

[@mackenshaw8169]

If utilitarian ethics have any role in moral calculation then majority rule is undefendable. It is only if you regard majority tule as an absolute good in itself that you could defend it. This eextreme position is one I could accept from an African in Africa but when Western leftists trot it out it is hollow and hypercritical.

[@ayodejiolowokere1076]

How is a people's desire to command their own destiny extreme?

[@evem9564]

this is the flaw in democracy

[@Thabiso_1]

Only problem is mugabe njandini wayebuyaphi eyaphi vele

[@trevorharvey105]

How is Black rule working out for Africa. Have they progressed ?

[@dreamdiction]

Africa only progresses backwards.

[@Nderitu.G]

Better than racism we experienced under whites.

[@dreamdiction]

@@Nderitu.G During a century of colonial rule the African population multiplied by ten times, the good health of people and livestock became normal under colonial rule. In 1888 the population of Rhodesia was 220,000 but by 1960 the population was 3 million, by 1980 it was 6 million, the African population doubled every twenty years because Africans only benefited from colonial rule. Today half the population of Zimbabwe live outside Zimbabwe because black government corruption has reduced living standards far below pre-1980 living standards. After decolonization Africa reverted to a slum ruled by tribal crime gangs. Everything that has happened in South Africa since 1994 shows that apartheid was necessary for the benefit of all races. The problem with Africa is Africans themselves, it is wrong to give freedom to people who only know how to use freedom to destroy themselves, first raise your continent to the same standard as our continent before you start talking to us as equals.

[@Nderitu.G]

@@dreamdiction I am from Kenya a capitalist economy of 100 billion usd Zimbabwe chose a communist and they paid the price. The British killed 200,000 of my people during the late forties and fifties, we just wanted independence and self rule. Not to be subjugated by the British people who took 90% of our land for themselves and left us with nothing. kzbin.info/www/bejne/l5erd4GMj79gbbc

[@kumbiektw]

Very well…we have control of our land and our resources…we just need to figure a system that works for the blacks without the involvement of greedy and ruthless white minority who think they were robbed of ‘their land’…pathetic.

[@Dinuzulu1879]

Citizenship revoked 😅😅😅

[@kyrokyro2343]

, .... I see " these people " , are very much at ( home ) .... ? This is like an LSD , trip ... and )... the level of ' entitlement ', .. ? Now , you wanna try and kick us out of London and tell us " to go back home ", ... bizarre.. if I tried to tell this story to people, who would believe... it would sound like ridiculous lies ....

[@XJonAye]

I'm going to call the police on you, for abusing the period, lol. It's hard to follow what your saying, try using a single period.

[@kyrokyro2343]

@@XJonAye , .... , only for caucasian people,... ( hard to follow ) ..that is ..

[@XJonAye]

I don't know....... what... happened to??!! Your reply 😁 😂....... it's easier for someone who isn't white to understand what your saying, See I'm being direct, typing exactly what I want to convey to you. Stop hiding behind your shitty understanding of how to communicate and your rascism

[@cc35506]

That Rhodesian accent. Its not exactly British. Seems there was a proper Rhodesian accent.

[@stanfordmakwengwere2008]

Muvengi takadzinga takutongana asi tine nzara yedu zvedu, mabasa hakuna 😂😂😂

[@longandshort6639]

Now ZANU PF uses food as a political weapon. If you can’t show a party card you can’t buy maize meal.

[@tezzingtonsir28]

Madness. So people go to another country and treat the native people as less than human. How is that in anyway acceptable.

[@brantdanger]

To be accurate, the Rhodesians didn't go to another country. They built Rhodesia.

[@bushwhackeddos.2703]

A bit like the million native girls that have been victims of so called g@0ming gangs, On another note what do you think about Israel ?

[@johnpederson5873]

The Whites came and settled in Rhodesia, developed the country and tried to prevent its collapse while fighting communists as well as sanctions from its own allies

[@Armed-Forever]

accept reality, ofc treating black ppl badly is unacceptable but white men create civilisations, blacks struggle to sustain because a lack of black men with their head on right

[@ayodejiolowokere1076]

@@brantdanger Rhodesia was built with black labor. And on conquered black countries.

[@larrypacman8511]

While ancient Rhodesia was a major exporter of agricultural products, 80% of the food needed today is imported. The brutal eviction of white farmers - Appaling crimes even on white Children- and their staff by the arsonist gangs activated by the Mugabe regime led to the displacement and misery of tens of thousands of agricultural workers

[@krishgounder5116]

The world failed Zimbawbe😢😢. Now they steal its mineral resources😢

[@JohnDoe-tx8lq]

To paraphrase: “There is no doubt that on Merit the European is in control…. competing on Merit is our guiding principle.” 22:03 He seems to believes this is a good argument! You can twist words like ‘merit’ anyway you want to try and seem reasonable! He’s saying the White people have more ‘Merit’ than Black people, but that it has nothing to do with opportunity, access to education, or actual skills. 😆 And White voters ’Merit’ one-man-one-vote… but Black voters don’t. Isn't that the very foundation of racism, oppression, apartheid? But apparently everyone is very happy... 0:43 🤔 well that's ok then!

[@theultimatesharpshooter6734]

Rhodesia loved to use the merit argument to justify why it was mostly whites running the country but hardly did anything to help the "Blacks" reach the same level of merit. Like shooting someone in the knee but then complaining why they couldn't finish the race in the same time as you. White Rhodesians had no intention of integrating with the "Blacks". They didn't let them live near them, they didn't learn their languages, they didn't allow native political organizations (unless they were puppets). What they wanted was either a serf class that depended on whites for employment or a black population that was culturally and linguistically assimilated to the British way of life.

[@seansweeney8911]

Nonsense. It's stated openly by those interviewed that they believe in white control. White people are superior in ability, as evidenced by formerly / presently white African nations being vastly more developed than their non - colonized neighbours. Whites were 10 % of the population, 90 % of the brains. With an already established (for the purpose ) European population, why shouldn't they have ruled? Talk about racism, dishonest defences thereof, all you like, but Rhodesia became and remained one of Africa's most prosperous nations under white rule. And at the risk of rolling out the old 'our blacks were happy' line, just ask black Zimbabweans who they preferred, Smith or Mugabe, and few will answer the latter. Your sanctimonious and over the top comment illustrates zero understanding of the situation on the ground in the Rhodesia of the 1960s and 70s

[@theultimatesharpshooter6734]

@@seansweeney8911 People lived in the land long before Whites came there. What gives whites the right to just come in and take it? Do you believe in imperialism where might gives you the right to oppress others? Just because you live in a hut and survive off subsistance farming does not give someone else who lives in an industrial society the right to didcate your life and activiley and exclusively promote their language over yours.

[@JohnDoe-tx8lq]

@@seansweeney8911 A 'prosperous nation' for the ruling class, it's easy to make wealth for yourself when the labour is dirt cheap, has no options and you don't provide proper education and utilities for the 90%. The WHITE Govt refused to introduce reforms to provide fair opportunities & education FOR ITS OWN POPULATION, instead openly saying only white people had the capacity to have power. The WHITE Govt led the country into 15 year civil war that devastated the country and any chance of a peaceful transition. The White Supremacy only worked because of the abuse of the 90% and the demise was catastrophic because of the White refusal create a realistic program to provide education and training to an entire generation over the years, instead making only token gesture, deepening the divide. The British Empire was very prosperous - for the British. I guess you'd love to have lived in those times. Happy days.

[@elora179]

Then enjoy your fantastic Zimbabwe and shut it.

[@MichaelJ44]

What bias reporting smh

[@avus-kw2f213]

24:30 do you hear that Joe Biden & Boris Johnson (Russia)

[@SymphonyBrahms]

Do you hear bells ringing? I'll bet that you do.

[@marcvg1625]

Sit Nomine Digna …..!

[@shothastar]

Crazy amount of colonial sympathisers here

[@David-jw7km]

Well, this turned out well......lol

[@evem9564]

It did. The people are free now.

[@tendaichipara5533]

Over 55 years later and there is still a high unemployment rate for the black people

[@JohnSmith-ei2pz]

No all on benefits!

[@williemars926]

permanent mistakes were made by both government worse with the native government

[@SymphonyBrahms]

Muzorewa would have been a great president. Mugabe was a disaster.

[@TopTenZim]

If you love these people something is wrong with you

[@judiththomas9995]

Robert Mugabe was such a great man who led Zimbabwe to total prosperity amongst his family members

[@Mo-yd8xc]

The audio is poor. I can't hear the racists.

[@buymybooks437]

Rhodesia should have joined the Union of South Africa.

[@devinfraserashpole4753]

@bLackstar Apartheid was always there.

[@SymphonyBrahms]

@@devinfraserashpole4753 Apartheid was invented by the government of South Africa. It was part of their laws.

[@devinfraserashpole4753]

@@SymphonyBrahms Separation isn't anything new.

[@justiceforall5796]

Smith was simply living on another planet.

[@OlizerVanAntoninus]

He was racis an a naartsys

[@SakBoyyy]

he was a joke this guy was literally the worst thing that could have happened to Rhodesia

[@AlbertBasedman]

@@SakBoyyy Mugabe moment

[@moaferikatheoriginalman]

He was a fully grown fool of a man.

[@SymphonyBrahms]

@@SakBoyyy Mugabe was the worst thing that happened to Rhodesia.

[@Spillers72]

Boy, the narrator is not exactly objective.

[@jocelynrailton8499]

This is a very negative view of the reality. I lived it. It's a left wing liberal view.

[@ethananderson6355]

Some people are so devoid of thought, much like the typical african who cannot govern himself.

[@henrywood1356]

The mzungus lost because they refused to assimilate after they immigrated illegally.

[@bonanibob5657]

The solution was simple seperate the ethnicities with a certain degree of autonomy under one strong central government Promote and facilitate seperate development. Educate the natives about the dangers and consequences of Marxist agitators who seeked to tople the regime.

[@evem9564]

the fact that you can speak confidently about "separate ethnicities" in 2024 is wild

[@bonanibob5657]

@@evem9564 please tell me did racial tension and envy improve after integrating and mixing up people no everything now is worse

[@evem9564]

@@bonanibob5657 are you Zimbabwean? Have you ever been to Zimbabwe? Zimbabwe is way better today than it was when it was Rhodesia

[@bonanibob5657]

@@evem9564 So much better that everyone is a millionaire, a quarter to half of the zim population resides outside the country from the basket bread of Africa to the basket case of the world. But keep on drinking the zanu communists kool-aid my friend.

[@albertdangarembizi5758]

The worst thing that happened to Zimbabwe was gaining independence, that shouldn’t have happened. I’m sure we could’ve negotiated and integrated into the system gradually

[@evem9564]

this is such a dumb comment, coming from a Zimbabwean especially

[@xnxo7237]

I hear some black clowns saying life was better during Smiths time.

[@MikeFoxtrot1]

Because it's true.

[@xnxo7237]

@@MikeFoxtrot1 which once were those,I hope you ain’t saying the once who lived inthe reserves.

[@MikeFoxtrot1]

@@xnxo7237 Speak English.

[@xnxo7237]

@@MikeFoxtrot1 why don’t you say in French or in Spanish.Not everyone inthe world understands English like me.

[@MikeFoxtrot1]

@@xnxo7237 This is an English language video.

[@mikerilling6515]

Beautiful Rhodesia has become ZimmGhetto

[@speakthetruth795]

God bless Mugabe in his grave ✊🏿

[@ScottTheBot07]

Wtf he’s a mass murderer

[@XJonAye]

What about the supporters of his opposition, do you bless them in their unmarked Graves, that their remaining family's were forced to dance on. Get a grip. It's like if a Russian said God bless Joseph Stalin, he did so much for our people.

[@speakthetruth795]

@@XJonAye ok if that’s your point then would you say God bless the queen of England?

[@ShirouJD]

@@XJonAye ironically, u can find a lot of russians sayin " God bless Joseph Stalin, he did so much for our people." For very different reasons though. But don't underestimate people's unawareness about their own history

[@brianmuvuti2102]

Hail chairman Moa and secretary general Brezhnev for providing the necessary arms to thwart this white fascist nonsense once and for all. Long live Zimbabwe, long live cde mnangagwa and long live the ruling party of ZANU PF.

[@ScottTheBot07]

Bruh Muzorewa at least didn’t cause 941% inflation in 5 years 😂

[@chenjeraigachange6615]

Long live ED long live 🇿🇼#2023PaNgwenaIpapo✊✊✊✊🐊🐊🐊🐊

[@ScottTheBot07]

@@chenjeraigachange6615 lol nutter

[@ScottTheBot07]

Why do you like murders. Bet you’re a Shona

[@rockrabbit253]

Life expectancy dropped under Mugabe. He had to leave the country for medical treatment which enabled him to have a long life. He didn't care about his people that died early deaths because of the health carethat got really bad under his rule.

[@user-iz5ue7xd4o]

Good people sold out