Rhodesia | Zimbabwe | Ian Smith Interview | This Week | 1975

[@TBOTSS]

Robert Mugabe "When I become leader, all in Zimbabwe will be trillionaires". He was not wrong.

[@dnlfrcrh8521]

@Richard Schiffman Many of them rather starve to death than having a white president

[@mwanikimwaniki6801]

@@dnlfrcrh8521 I'd understand why

[@龍天-y4k]

@@dnlfrcrh8521 total nonsense. REAL Zimbabweans (Rhodesians) aren't racist.

[@mwanikimwaniki6801]

@@龍天-y4k lol. Is that why Rhodesia was the only state with black and white segregation together with its neighbor to the south? Fuck Rhodesia.

[@mwanikimwaniki6801]

@@ludwigderlude False. Zimbabwe is a huge country but has a tiny population.

[@pieterwillembotha6719]

ThamesTV forgot to mention that America's independence was _illegal_ too.

[@acedarkblade1552]

I honestly think America should've stood up for Rhodesia and told England to fuck off

[@iandemontfort4276]

Well said Mr Botha.

[@charlesuzozie5747]

@@danroley7850 I think your view is very narrow from what I have seen in the news both blacks and whites have been attacked.

[@mihanich]

And UK is an illegal entity set up by the ancestors of illegal immigrants on Celtic soil.

[@loyalwestbriton5410]

@@mihanich ooooo you are a stupid one.

[@recepto]

What a tragedy that Zimbabwe became a failed state. Africa's heroic freedom fighter Mugabwe had 20 000 - 30 000 Matabele Zimbabweans murdered shortly after independence. Not a murmer was heard from BBC or CNN

[@recepto]

@@4abrownafrica939 Ummm..if the Zim revolution is so successful why are so many Zimbabwean economic refugees in South Africa. Just asking

[@4abrownafrica939]

@@recepto Ask the EU and America that question!

[@Don-fu2ib]

@@4abrownafrica939 Zimbabwean here. Unfortunately, ours is indeed a failed state. The government has failed its own people and we the people have lost all trust. Everyone who can is leaving even I, no matter how much I love my country, am forced to seek refuge in another country. The unemployment rate is unbelievable, those employed are not rewarded as they should for their jobs. Naturally, there should be people working towards a solution but there isn't any evidence of this which further divides the country. I really want to do everything I can to help out but as someone fresh out of university, I would not survive a year.

[@4abrownafrica939]

@@Don-fu2ib Every sub-Saharan "country" was put there to serve Europe and are all failures for that reason! The idea that one country exist to serve another country is ridiculous and unsustainable! Its only a matter of time till they all collapse as they should!

[@Don-fu2ib]

@@4abrownafrica939 I wouldn't know about whether or not the countries are set up to serve another country but if that's true then yes, it wouldn't take off. African countries such as Zimbabwe struggle to gain a foothold largely due to a political structure they had to abruptly adopt.

[@billygiles3276]

looked like a beautiful and functioning country, 20 years later they were waking up in the morning to 100 billion dollar bank notes and 95% unemployment.

[@CHARLIEMAD33]

@Wonder Boy I see their educational system suffered as well.

[@CertifiedRealism]

Then they flee to England and have the audacity to talk smack about white people

[@robinsoncrusoe7996]

@Wonder Boy would be nice if all immigrants in europe do the same and go back to africa wonderland. For some reason they don't want to do that, and what's more interesting thousands more are still trying to get there, out from those africas shitholes they created.

[@robinsoncrusoe7996]

@Wonder Boy actually my country wasn't colonial superpower but still- hard to steal something from someone who even cant dig it from the ground.

[@robinsoncrusoe7996]

@Wonder Boy btw that's funny, how you change topic. Your migrants are fleeing from black rule wonderlands because of colonialism 100 years ago? Hahah interesting

[@ChibabaDave]

Whenever you see Ian Smith in interviews he does seem to speak honestly and rationally. Something our leaders could learn from.

[@jackmatthews4836]

The West of Europe is dominated by Women leaders who don't have any children, such as Theresa May and Chancellor Merkel. This means that really they do not have a vested interest in creating a better country than what was given to them originally. They almost have no connection at all to their respective lands and thus have no real reason to deliver. This can be seen in their absolutely horrendous governance and the insane levels of immigration we have. Ian Smith was different. First of all he was born in Rhodesia, fought for and almost died for his country in World War 2, then became a farmer and raised a family, and then reluctantly became a politician because he was genuinely concerned about the Rhodesian people being left to the dogs due to the push for black majority rule. And what's more, he stayed on as a political leader in Zimbabwe, vowing to stand up for the white Zimbabweans who would have otherwise had no representation whatsoever. In a nutshell, Smith was the among the greatest, if not the greatest politician of all time, he had a farmer's tie to the land and he genuinely loved his country and its people. The corrupt globalists in the UN, USA and U.K. wanted him gone because he represented everything they weren't.

[@jtrev492]

Jeff Bozo the fuck is a thicko?

[@Gunzberg]

Find the video of Merkel binning the German flag, tells you everything you need to know about her

[@Sealman4958]

@Wonder Boy You realise he was born in Rhodesia right?

[@billygiles3276]

Our leaders are owned by Zionist bankers and say what there told to say so they will never speak like Ian smith who wasn’t a puppet.

[@woodland5325]

This is like déjà vu with what's happening in South Africa now

[@danroley7850]

we are moving on the ANC rat bstrds now! Funny thing...the ANC Commies have made many Seriousl dangerous African Nations Angry. *Dan Roley. Indianapolis. * research staff. *South Africa rescue ops.

[@victorzodinmawia7880]

now America.

[@mkgzt]

South Africa doesn't just have an anc problem , they're just the enablers that blame apartheid on everything. The main problem is tribalism... Hell, they're even killing blacks from other countries mob style because their "successful immigrants"...

[@playboicartiismydad4842]

Its been 25 years since the supposed "genocide/civil war" thats apparently always around the corner

[@playboicartiismydad4842]

@WolraadWoltemade 1652 .....what are you talking about? "Fight" im so tired of you lunatics its like you have never left the house

[@sliperysid]

Is this bleeding heart journalist still alive? I'd really enjoy him doing a documentary on Zimbabwe today.

[@cupidstunt8136]

foreign reporters are not welcomed. Filming anything could get you in trouble

[@sliperysid]

@ Thank you for the update.

[@ratelmike8825]

Yeah that pussy would piss down his leg

[@CarrotConsumer]

@@ratelmike8825 lol. He was out there in a war zone while you sit behind a computer.

[@flyingjackcarpentry9394]

@Sagaris Starlight if they didn't have double standards they'd have no standards. It was evil for Europeans to emigrate to Africa, the americas and Australia for a better life. But its also evil for Europeans to complain about about the reverse happening.

[@81iand]

The ladies in the first part explain the need for the second amendment perfectly

[@billygiles3276]

I agree totally I’m a Londoner and in Britain the government stole our guns years ago but the criminals are still heavily armed and were totally defenceless. Don’t EVER give up your guns, they are your last resort to self defence against a regular criminals and to perform revolution against tyranny which I’m sorry to say we are all facing right now in the western world.

[@mwangiirungu3670]

@Ewarton Charlton Exactly...the damn boars were lucky the southern African people are soo humble ...in East Africa it was a different scenarios

[@mwangiirungu3670]

@Ewarton Charlton ..But anyway my country is Kenya and we don't have this racial stuff going here coz the only other race that is here are Indians ....

[@mwangiirungu3670]

@Ewarton Charlton ..not really here...haha...and the Arabs you talking about ...are not that many maybe like 1% and Indians are like 2%

[@TheGrenadier97]

"thousands of years of existence, thousands of years of farming" And we all know very well how they're so good at these things nowadays, and how Zimbabwe is a powerful country, par example. There's evn a lot of billionaires.

[@Spider-Too-Too]

Still better than Zimbabwe

[@HassanAli-zd3oh]

Owen Bunny fuck you

[@rjs19862011]

What the brotha said. Evil, racist, cowardly, colonist loving piece of shit.

[@HassanAli-zd3oh]

Unkulunkulu Ali are you talking about me brother

[@rjs19862011]

Hassan Ali Are you a colonists, racists loving piece of shit? I believe not. Pay attention akhi.

[@greyhoundsintheslips3713]

Look it's over now. But could you stay in Africa? Why are masses of Africans coming over to Britain.

[@TheGrenadier97]

Rhodesia > "Zimbabwe". Mugaugaugabe and his concubines destroyed the place. End point.

[@ottereformicus782]

@Rude Boy 77 Watch some People's Veto vids especially about Leopold and guns germs and Steel, it's unbelievable the garbage Blacks are believing from seemingly evident information about history etc.

[@loyalwestbriton5410]

@Rude Boy 77 HUR DUR HUR DUR INBWED EUROPEANS..... BRUH INBWED EUROPEANS CONQUERED YOUR ARSE

[@cameronschofield6440]

That is a perfectly correct summarised conclusion which I have no quarrel, repeat no quarrel with.

[@parchment543]

Daddy Longlegs well lets be fair here. What's the difference between conquering and colonialism? Because if they are the same, then why have states that were previously conquered like Mexico, Germany, and Taiwan doing far better than an African nation that has dipped their toes into racist socialism such as Zimbabwe, South Africa, and tanzania? Is there no personal accountability on the part of these African states for their own failures? I think this whole situation in Africa is a lot more complex then most people give it

[@parchment543]

Daddy Longlegs I don't disagree with you on the comparison of other nations but I do have one issue with your diagnoses of African history. You claim that they are behind because of Arab slavery and European slavery, yet are you aware of how ridiculous that is to say? Maybe in parts of Africa that associated with the rest of the world they could be decently advanced like Ethiopia, Sudan, and the west African empires, but the rest of Africa would be more advanced today if not slavery? That's so ridiculous and clearly a left wing post modernists framing of "one practically innocent 'native' population" that would've been perfect if not for "the evil conquering peoples who bullied them from being prosperous." In other words what about the zulus, pigmies, and Shona people make you so naive to think that they wouldn't just be a half naked groups of subsistence farmers and hunters that run around starting wars with each other? Because that's what they were doing before the white man came and...gave them clothes and commercial farming for a start. Which is my problem, there needs to personal responsibility on the part of Bantus (primarily) for their current modern day issues. The colonizers are not to blame because why we're these people so disorganized and obsessed with fighting each other that they couldn't ban together? They are no different from Europeans, they just weren't as successful. These societies are not advanced not because of slavery, but because they chose not to innovate and they have no right to kill those who did.

[@dr.lexwinter8604]

"It must be inclusive, it must not be seen to leave other people out." says the Bishop in the party that openly butchered and beheaded enemy leaders in front of TV cameras for show.

[@vishnuguda6313]

Did Bishop Muzorewa actually do that?

[@cricketman1322]

@@vishnuguda6313 i don't think he did. He wasn't part of ZANU/ZANLA or ZAPU/ZIPRA

[@humanforfreedom9583]

Haha fucking hell

[@DK-cy5mt]

Muzorewa wasn't in either nationalist force, get a grip

[@Wickedonezz]

@@DK-cy5mt still was in a militia group

[@bh1935]

would love to see someone return to all these farms and houses and see what they are like today.

[@talentmatarirano1787]

No room in Zimbabwe am second Mugabe shit no white in zim

[@prepperjonpnw6482]

They don’t exist. The country is now a shite hole like the rest of the continent. Under white rule they had plenty of food and work plus education and medical. Now they have corruption famine and genocide all on a massive scale.

[@PaulKidero]

@@prepperjonpnw6482 you lot are incredibly thick, it is truly marvelous to see. All you can bark up is this good old days nonsense, when there were very clear systemic biases that existed for 'Rhodesia' to exist. It wasn't great for everyone!

[@redswift31]

@@PaulKidero It was still a hell of a lot better than it is now.

[@MartinA-vp5bt]

They all trashed and the farms that were not stolen by the ruling party are shit holes.

[@barryroach1980]

Love to know what happened to these farmers and business owners that were interviewed.

[@tomfrazier1103]

I'm eating dinner, I'd just as soon not.

[@zephyrna6249]

In all honestly they were most likely killed, or if they were lucky they managed to leave. After Majority Rule, attacks on Boer families became even more common place. And the same thing is happening currently in South Africa.

[@parchment543]

Zephyr N/A well yes it is currently happening in sa but...the anc is kind of pissing of the global business community...so just like when the global community picked on apartheid government we might see this happening to anc government before it's too late. Ya know, we wouldn't want those diamond mines to fall into the wrong hands that won't make everybody else money!

[@wecx2375]

Killed.

[@marcelomateos3451]

Many left the country, others were killed.

[@JohnMorley1]

Not able to buy drinks in town after 7pm because he was black . Now blacks have been given the vote he can't buy food any time of the day.

[@mrmkhosana6876]

I was in Zimbabwe last month I bought food any time of the day, so don't know what you're on about

[@alexb578]

I am Ncube this was 40 years ago

[@mrmkhosana6876]

@@alexb578 I know that 🤷🏾‍♂️

[@alexb578]

@@mrmkhosana6876 but why did you write your first comment then

[@mrmkhosana6876]

@@alexb578 duhh 🙄🙄

[@HispaniaGothorum]

and now, what about Mugabe? Make Zimbabwe, Rhodesia again.

[@jansantel6829]

@trueway82 I dont give a shit about the name and some white africans were racists but the reasonable thing to do was to postpone majority rule. What zimbabwe is today is proof of that

[@peytonjanicki5335]

@Wonder Boy why do your people leave and flee your war torn, lack of law, lack of morality, lack of jobs shitty countries and then move into my country and complain that its not like your home? Why is it my countries job to accommodate for you africans immigrants? Why do you move to my country and ignore its values?

[@HostileLemons]

@@peytonjanicki5335 Exactly

[@mkgzt]

@Wonder Boy because if we're not involved in Africa, Africans would still blame us and say "they're not helping us because we're black"

[@castormicah5232]

Not gonna happen! Sorry I guess

[@stevethomas5849]

So sad that the Bread Basket became the Basket Case.

[@cactusrat727]

Daddy Longlegs no that’s product of a communist dictator ship. Plenty of colonial states that became independent turned out just fine. Look at Canada and the US

[@jaycee9752]

not true, Rhodesia was under sanctions for 14 years, when did it ever become a bread basket??

[@cactusrat727]

Daddy Longlegs conquered people typically are ruled over, that’s how the world works unfortunately. Also how can you say mugabe isn’t communist since he literally took private land from citizens and “redistributed” it among the people.

[@cactusrat727]

Daddy Longlegs He didn’t conquer anyone, in fact the closest thing Mugabe did to conquering was when he turned his North Korean trained 5th brigade on the Nedebele during the Gukurahundi. The man received support from the Soviet Union, China, and North Korea, he implemented multiple Leninist policies on health care, land and wealth redistribution, and conducted mass media censorship to prop up his government. The man was a commie who murdered his own people and used the idea of “freedom” to get away with it. Thank god he’s dead and now he’s become the only type of good commie there is, a dead one. Stop trying to defend a man who killed 30,000 of his own people.

[@cactusrat727]

Daddy Longlegs I absolutely agree with you on the idea of a tribalistic mindset, and I believe that it’s destroying the United States right now and it’s also a threat to democracy. Not that it really matters but I’m about as close to the middle politically as you can get so if I give off the vibe that I’m some kind of super staunch conservative I apologize because I think they’re just as bad as liberals. I’m trying to tell it like it is, and mugabe was a communist plain and simple. He used a campaign of terror and fear mongering to rally the people of Rhodesia behind his cause, assumed power, and ultimately ran a prosperous nation into the ground. The man was a terrible human being, and the fact that we like to forget that he committed genocidal acts against his own people and we prop him up to be the great hero of black Africans in my opinion is terrible. He’s no better then most colonial rulers and he should be remembered as nothing more then another tyrant who used his own peoples suffering as a means of taking power.

[@diehard2705]

The loss of Rhodesia is the greatest tragedy of the last 50 years

[@MultiRingtail]

Wonder Boy Don’t worry, China will be taking you next.

[@arnoldhuman2856]

@Wonder BoyYou can admit that what has become out of ZIM is not so good. The Blacks had the ruling power and nothing came out. Can people be frustrated about it? People do care and do involve. That is something you can not change.

[@arnoldhuman2856]

@Wonder Boy You don't care. But that is not enough. South Africa is flooded with Zimbabwans, they send home money every month. How can you say that only Zimbabwans are importiert for Zimbabwe? South Africa is saving you guys.

[@MrGuyJacks]

@Wonder Boy Are you for the repatriation of Africans in Europe back to Africa then?

[@MrGuyJacks]

@Wonder Boy Doesn't matter if they don't actually claim it to be "theirs", they're coming in such masses that they're beginning to replace the native population, all at the behest of the EU elite. In the meanwhile in the media you begin to see a trend of European history being "blackwashed" so to speak.

[@cm2973]

The solution was to set majority rule to kick in once the population was ready. Let's say 50% literacy and 10% college educated. In the mean time, set milestones. Were there some racists? Yes. But most Rhodesians were not racist and just wanted competent persons running the show.

[@munhumutema8970]

Do you notice that these black people being interviewed are mostly speaking fluent English? Now think of this, English is not their mother tongue, its not spoken in their homes, but these black Africans can fluently converse in that language. Is that what you call illiteracy? these guys were much more eloquent and reasonable than most white racists who were espousing the idea that blacks where dumb or illiterate.

[@veaccara]

@Wonder Boy fuck you, you don't have any business on Earth

[@poopsiepop4179]

Literacy assumes you can read and write. Anybody can speak fluent english and still be illiterate unless they prove to write competently.

[@monkofdarktimes]

Look if people can run the land it will thrive the thing was the black population was not ready if given the time it could have been at least the mantel is not lost as Nambia and Botswana has taken it up

[@adrianrodd4299]

@@veaccara how stupid could you be 🤦‍♂️

[@leocozijn2326]

Since Mugabe took over in Zimbabwe and the ANC in South Africa, what actually has improved for the black population?

[@nihilistcentraluk442]

Nothing.But that is democracy .If people wanted white minority rule they could vote to keep it.They didn't .It is the will of the people

[@leocozijn2326]

@@nihilistcentraluk442 The will of the people? It's kleptomaniacs seeing opportunities.

[@NandiIMbele]

Not being under white rule!!!!! People who aren't even from the country duh...

[@zik7724]

@@NandiIMbele We'll conquer whole Africa again

[@trisgilmour]

I would love to know

[@hansiesma16]

I'm amazed to hear these very English accents. Just seven years later I started living in Harare and all the white Rhodesians, born there admittedly, had very strong Southern African accents. This is why Zimbabweans are unpopular immigrants with the locals. Because they were well educated they always snapped up the jobs. South Africans treated them appallingly. Beautiful, beautiful country is Zimbabwe, and lovely, still well educated people with wonderful wildlife and national parks offering a real authentic experience.

[@bloosn]

The South African accent, and the Rhodesian accent are similar, but not at all the same...

[@KorpusV6]

@@bloosn no one said they are the same

[@TamamFlop]

Is it maybe also because south-africans dont look that kindly to the English cause of the boer wars?

[@hansiesma16]

@TamamFlop No. I'm talking about black Zimbabweans taking jobs away from black South Africans because black South Africans are not well educated, if at all and they are the demographic who resent foreigners taking their jobs. This generation of SA youth barely know about Apartheid let alone the Boer Wars.

[@alanpatey]

Great to see that 40 years on black majority rule has been such a great success like most other post-colonial African countries.....(shurely shome mishtake, Ed).

[@brianmuvuti2102]

Lived in both Rhodesia and Zimbabwe. Zimbabwe is a lot better!

[@brianmuvuti2102]

Good riddance to Rhodesia fascist

[@lucasgriemsnn9994]

lol

[@mandlamasuku7913]

Given that Zimbabwe has been a country under sanctions , it's fairing well

[@ianjohngonzales4066]

The country became totally bankrupt except for the thief Mugabe.lol🤣

[@rossitherhodie5659]

When I see and hear this, I often wonder why, but when I look back and feel like I really want to cry, I realise then it was all worth the try. With sanctions and against communism, we fought the good fight, in sunshine and in rainand with plenty of pain, I say to myself; If I was given another chance, I'd do it all again. A Proud NON RACIST Rhodesian Forever.

[@mwanikimwaniki6801]

Oh welp. A dying breed. You might as well leave us great stories.

[@gysgijsbers4202]

Do you still live in Zim or did you leave?

[@charliemackin9620]

The ✡️ sold you down the river. No white lands for white people anymore is literally the plan. Global communism won't be possible with hegemonic white lands. Simple as. The slow death is upon us. We now ALL face RHODESIA!

[@gysgijsbers4202]

@@charliemackin9620 The ✡ are mostly white too...??? Israel are also fighting for survival now...

[@kasikwagoma6740]

@rossitherhodie5659, you are weeping for rhodesia, Awww what a pity. I have a suggestion for you, why don't white rhodesians resurrect their dead country in England in a town called Salisbury. After all most of you are descended from white Britons, and the name rhodesia was coined from the nasty, vicious and cold hearted crook of all time Cecil Rhodes who happened to be an Englishman from Britain. You or Cecil were not Africans but europeans... So go and lobby the council in Salisbury to set up the defunct rhodesia there... Africa is ours and it's black African territory. You were outnumbered by 20 to 1 and I am certain that ratio has gone up now.

[@bishyaler]

Turns out black rule was very efficient. Efficient at failing.

[@areudumbstoopidordumbhuh8998]

As always....

[@BryanHobbsMcCalister]

Pillage a land and its people. Destroy a native culture and force yours on them. Then after being forced out and leaving the country and people destitute; then mock them. Typical Brits.

[@Sinky-06]

@@BryanHobbsMcCalister rule Britannia

[@ETuss713]

@@BryanHobbsMcCalister you obviously do not know actual African Colonial history. Did the Ndabele not conquer, slaughter, and force their culture on others? The Shona people then committed genocide when they came to power.

[@BryanHobbsMcCalister]

@@Sinky-06 Pax Americana

[@honestlychiremba6580]

Smith was a hard worker who wanted to see Rhodesia prosper as it did under sanctions and war with Black's. Rhodesia was the bread basket of the. World.

[@shepherdmwanawashe1521]

Honestly Chiremba Remember smith got assistance from Scotland and Sweden despite sanctions. And also the sanctions were allowing Smith to import and export with Europe, Africa, USA and Asia. The current sanctions in Zimbabwe don’t allow them to export to Europe, USA etc

[@greenpeace7380]

@@shepherdmwanawashe1521 the sanctions were on paper. I remember my dad used to get furious about the exports from his company to Asia.

[@carlagoncalves531]

Thames Tv, Thank you for making available these important historical testimonies and recordings.

[@davidb3979]

Rhodesia was a beautiful wonderful country, shame it was destroyed!

[@roninronin6405]

Then it may be have been beautiful for some but Misérables for others, but now its ruined for all....

[@annavermmaak2649]

Give a country to blacks and in 20 years there will be nearly nothing left.but the world turn a blind eye so it happen in South Africa also.hope the world leaders learn their lesson.

[@roninronin6405]

comparison is skewed .... hmm...

[@panashe9724]

you do realize it was great but the majority population was oppressed. Many white settlers had a good life but that wasn't the case for native citizens. Ian Smith may have been a great leader but failure to end this systematic oppression played a part in Zimbabwe's problems today.

[@panashe9724]

@@roninronin6405 I know you mean well but this comes off as a little bit racists

[@jeraldsamuel5598]

The man who predicted "5 years max " before UDI collapsed got it right.

[@johnnotrealname8168]

It was not a prediction as much as a hope.

[@incumbentvinyl9291]

That's not what he said. He was asked how long he'd be willing to wait, not how long he thinks it will last.

[@aheat3036]

Rhodesia was a beautiful, clean & prosperous country.

[@yeshuasage3724]

Also a racist colonist country which had no right to be established in the first place

[@yeshuasage3724]

@@glocksmith226 you’re a bit naïve to say the least The fact that they named their country after rhodes itself was pushing it You name lands by the names the natives gave them or certain features it has, not after some foreign dickhead Cuz the land rhodesia occupied was not an empty land like the austrailian out back was, it was an inhabited land. So all in all, rhodesia shouldn’t have been established and it’s for the greater good it fell

[@PompeyBoy66]

Not if you were young gifted and black and couldn't get a job.

[@mwanikimwaniki6801]

@@PompeyBoy66 Welp. At least there is some sense in this comment section.

[@maryturnipe9297]

It is also a BLACK country, NOT a white country. It should be BLACK majority rule.

[@benjonesthe3rd200]

South Africa is now the new Rhodesia

[@shaunpatrick8345]

@Ewarton Charlton the Europeans were there before the Bantu. The Bantu are the colonisers, and the supremacists. While the whites were able to hold them at bay the country flourished, the black population grew, and people from across Africa migrated there. Now it's just a shit-hole.

[@shibuya3185]

@Ewarton Charlton : There certainly are racist laws against whites in South Africa...who are less than 10% of the population. The Employment Equity Act and the Black Empowerment Act both discriminate against whites and non-black people. That is exactly why many whites are leaving...and of course the rampant crime and corruption in the country since blacks came to power.

[@shibuya3185]

@Ewarton Charlton : "laws protecting indigenous people from usury and abuse as being "against" them."....Er, how uneducated you are. The laws don't protect anyone from abuse they merely deny whites equal rights when it comes to employment.

[@shibuya3185]

@Ewarton Charlton : "Not if you banned from walking on them".....Nobody was ever banned from walking on a street in South Africa. Why are you such a racist liar? The only people who fear to walk on South African streets now are blacks from other African countries, as dozens have been murdered by South African blacks in Xenophobic murders.

[@playboicartiismydad4842]

@@shibuya3185 Jesus the dishonesty. Yes people were banned from walking on many many many streets due to their skin colour and had a strict curfew. And the reason BBBEE exists is due to the massive racial inequality in SA. The fact white unemployment is about 7% while black unemployment is around 40%. South Africa was hell for non-whites before 1994 the country was a warzone in the 80s and early 90s. Now white people just have to actually start sharing the pie.

[@RikkiMMA]

Left wing bias has been around for a long time.

[@yourdaddy5435]

Sadly. But thankfully, every other nation knows that they are spewing bullshite.

[@notundermywatch3163]

It's what the BBC has always been for

[@GuyShōtō]

Yes anything that doesn't agree with you has left wing bias.

[@MohammedAli-hl4mr]

@@notundermywatch3163 the bbc is centrist your just far right so you view anything that doesn't align with racist bs as leftist

[@nikhilsilva5244]

@@MohammedAli-hl4mr yeah so centrist that they insert black people into every single historical documentary of Britain or Europe they make

[@integrityrentalproperties9173]

Rhodesia was once known as the “Breadbasket of Africa”. Now they can’t even feed themselves. What changed?

[@Barefoot-Bob]

communist rule by ignorant government

[@jostpolc3858]

Ask Mugabe and Co.

[@ShingiSamudzi]

Being blacklisted by American banks. Seriously, try making a bank to bank wire transfer to Zimbabwe. Very few American banks will let you, and you have to use wire services like Western Union which have low minimums (anywhere from $2k to $5k) and crazy high fees. Cut off access to foreign investment, you kill development. The US willingly does business with governments just as vile if not moreso as Mugabe (Taliban, Saudi Arabia, Emirates, slew of South American dictators, etc). So acting like the last 30 years are an indictment of leadership is incredibly dishonest and ignores the clear efforts of the US and UK to ensure that the country is starved of capital.

[@integrityrentalproperties9173]

@@ShingiSamudzi - Zimbabwe is a shit hole because of US banks? Zimbabwe is a shit hole because the US doesn’t trade and invest in Zimbabwe? Funny, when the country was Rhodesia, IT THRIVED!!! Even when the US & UK embargoed Rhodesia (tried to destroy it) the people of Rhodesia were resolute! You can’t keep good people down! Evil people were trying to destroy Rhodesia. The only destructive forces against Zimbabwe came from within. Communism is equally shared poverty. You want Zimbabwe to thrive? Bring back the Rhodesians!!!

[@jackgannnon5000]

80 percent of the white people left

[@Mossad901]

Ian smith speaks from the heart, I believe he had the best of intentions for the Africans.

[@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

[@stevejohnson578]

Ian Smith, Second World War hero and last Great Prime Minister of Rhodesia. RIP

[@gabrielseaborn257]

Wonder Boy I wonder how sad it is to be you. Truly, to be in your mental state where you resort to playground insults at every corner.

[@gabrielseaborn257]

Wonder Boy What a quick response! Truly I am deeply affected by your comments. I’m impressed you wrote all that with only one typo.

[@gabrielseaborn257]

Wonder Boy You didn’t have to, but thank you regardless

[@danroley7850]

@Wonder Boy get off this comment string. You are a Commie fk!

[@ColonizerChan]

Wonder Boy Nobody is gonna insult you directly, ah who am i kidding here. This is the internet. Just try to ignore banter when you can mate. Look, whoever ‘owns’ land before doesn’t matter. Whoever is there changed hands a lot. Like the Jews used to have Israel, but were pushed out for over a thousand years and only got it back after they were killed in the millions as a target for the last time in Europe (this has been going on for centuries, like Poland was one of the few places okay with Jews back in the day). Even where I live now, Virginia was rural territory, then the Cold War brought a bunch of yanks I want sent across the river to a place they’re better off. Years before that it was British and before that it was native. Land cares not for who had it first, just who will spill blood to keep it. *we are all guilty of that and nobody’s hands are clean* If you ask me though, Rhodesia could have been something good and possibly helped Africa in the long run. Proper farming and agriculture of European tech. Importing various Rices from Asia and technology to improve society... you could have had black natives get along with whites and deal with threats of mosquitoes, disease, and then develop other countries in need of it. But people ‘wanted their land’ so badly, they threw it away for what it is today and the man who fucked it up, mugabe, even wanted these people back to rebuild....but they lost it and have to start all over again

[@edgarindainyapadi]

How I wished Bishop Abel Muzorewa became a president back then. Mugabe had vengeance to unleash and it destroyed the country. Smith was level headed though and very intelligent

[@stephenchappell7512]

Indeed It's a pity that he wasn't given more time Mugabe just wanted power for himself

[@John5209]

Looking back from 2019 , its a total collapse, as predicted. Typical African run country, absolute poverty.

[@judieg.7945]

The whites develop African countries and the blacks say they should rule because they are the majority. They don't seem to remember who built their world, and the whites rightly think they should have some say in what goes on in the countries they developed. Only marxism would give majority rule.

[@Colmcille_]

@Timothy Somerville Where is that ever represented? Where has communism and democracy flourished? I dislike many aspects of Capitalism pretty much to the same amount as Communism. But to say democracy is more of communist ideology is incredibly ignorant. Democracy first started (as we know it as the concept and what we base it off of, not counting tribal councils or group agreement) with upper-class Athenian men. So it never really was originally a 'for the people' system. Now sure, communism and marxism can work with democracy in theory and is ideal for it, however, with these economic systems it requires a strong state to enforce these systems and regulate them. Democracies seriously limit how effective a government can be. At least on the national level. Democracy should not be the default 'good' government, but any government that respects people's rights and maintains order. There have been good dictators and bad elected presidents/prime ministers. In reality democracy is as idealist as any other ideology. In practice most of the world's democracies either function as a 'watched' oligarchy, or as a masked dictatorship.

[@Colmcille_]

@Timothy Somerville I can't tell if you are pretending to be dumb or you don't know how to scroll up. You stated: "True democracy and representation is more of a Communist/Marxist ideology." I was stating why that is a completely ridiculous statement.

[@Colmcille_]

​@Timothy Somerville Fantastic reasoning and disputing of my points, you are very clever.

[@Luwab]

What a tragedy. Ian Smith a true hero.

[@VB-dp1vs]

@Wonder Boy better than Mugabe

[@hre2044]

@Wonder Boy He was born in Zimbabwe, he was just as Zimbabwean as every black in the country, I mean that's the SAME argument made to foreigners in America. Zimbabwe isn't for blacks, it's for everybody of every race and ethnicity.

[@hre2044]

@Wonder Boy We was born there he was just as "Zimbabwean" as everyone else there. Zimbabwe has always been a country for everyone, no one single person can claim it. Was EVERYONE who was white land occupiers? black nationalists are idiots who don't realize their world was made from white hands and from white minds. White Rhodesians born in Rhodesia back then are Zimbabwean citizens today, just as Smith was.

[@jjbv2147]

The Greatest of our Race.

[@jjbv2147]

Wonder Boy ohhh your just a bantu talking, right? No point even furthering a conversation, I’m dealing with a talking vegetable.

[@Againstdhawa]

Fact is everybody's life was better then

[@tinopopsyhove6747]

Fuck you!

[@raymond7938]

Fact is not everybody's life was better back then black Rhodesians where marginalised and I am a Scottish anglo saxon man I was there in Rhodesia and Apartheid South Africa I was appalled at the treatment they received from their white counterparts so I went back to Britain.

[@mrmkhosana6876]

Speak for yourself mate

[@cm2973]

Lol you're dead on man. There was plenty to eat and you had order. These three stooges that have commented read "better," as "perfect."

[@cm2973]

@@tinopopsyhove6747 any time someone says that it means they dont have an argument. Good to know that you know when you're beat.

[@jurisprudens]

I suddenly had this thought... Just like colonialism was often (but not always) a case of the developed countries pretending to know what the undeveloped countries need best, so, in the same way, the suppression of Rhodesia by the international community was the case of the "world leaders" pretending to "know better" than the locals what they needed best. In the same way, modern West's promotion of pseudo-"progressive" values in the Third World (abortion, feminism, homosexuality) reflects this belief that they "know better" about the direction the "brutes" are supposed to develop. Rhodesia should have been treated with respect back then. Modern Africa should be treated with respect nowadays. There is no "progress" besides the one the societies chose for themselves without external pressure.

[@shriekingbushpigshrieking]

Your thought is rubbish. What the leftist media likes to ommit from their reporting is the fact that these 3rd world countries desire development. The majority of people, especially women are not really happy to be living, starving and dying in squalor. There is nothing noble about a woman dying in the dirt giving birth to babies that have a high chance of dying.

[@SymphonyBrahms]

Right wing crap spewed from your mouth to oppress minorities. Disgusting creep.

[@monkofdarktimes]

@@SymphonyBrahms history has called and it happens very often and to today it happens

[@Tracymmo]

So the African women who want abortion and feminism don't exist? I know women from a number of countries who'd be surprised to learn that. Gay Africans don't matter because they are in the minority, apparently? It wasn't long ago that gay men were arrested for just being in bars wth other gay men in the West, and they still get physically attacked.

[@jurisprudens]

@@Tracymmo What someone "wants" does not matter. Values are a matter of social norms. The minority in any society is just that - a minority. It has to comply with what the majority dictates. And, no, no outsiders has right to intervene into another society's business.

[@scooby555wrx]

'I didn't think they would attack me as I do so much for them' - delusional in his assessment as to his actions or does it say more about the blacks he interacted with. The statement is heard in many places and at different points of time.

[@mickeyknox3642]

Welcome to what will soon happen in the EU/UK.

[@ColonizerChan]

Rude Boy 77 The British hold more power than you think.

[@ColonizerChan]

Rude Boy 77 Making colonies, maybe for Europe, but China is just getting started with their sphere of influence

[@GlobstersMessenger]

I feel as if I probably share some sympathies with you but you do realise what you're saying is asinine right? Rhodesia had close to 90% black majority population AND had two powerful soviet/communist states directly funding terrorist movements, If you think this is comparable to literally anything happening in the EU right now, or shares any fundamental similarities then you're bending over backwards to find the link. The issue of immigration into the EU and demographics, and the crumbling of Rhodesia/Zimbabwe might be looked at in dismissive and callous ways by neoliberal or socialist thinkers but the two situations have different origins, causes and concequences. One similarity might be the push towards the left, but the left understood back then and the left seen in Europe now are not really comparable.

[@notroll1279]

Do you mean EU and the UK or EU minus the UK?

[@muchada15]

doubt it

[@factsoftheconfederacy7151]

This documentary is false. Ian Smith never said he wanted to strictly keep blacks out of Rhodesian government. He simply wanted blacks to be educated on how to run government and economy. Most African blacks couldn’t read or write, thusly they couldn’t reasonably vote and run a government. This was proven after the country became Zimbabwe.

[@chiyenyumba7135]

Well how comes only whites "knew it all" why did they segregate in the first place... Itwas too little too late.... He ruined it for everyone both Europeans and Africans

[@superguyx5468]

The natives were so stupid, they thought printing money is how you get everyone rich 😭😭

[@superguyx5468]

Ian Smith only wanted tax paying citizens to vote, not everyone. He was ahead of his time

[@incumbentvinyl9291]

You're correct, but not with the timeline of events. This documentary is from 1975. Smith modified his stance in this constantly changing environment, like any good politician would. He was Prime Minister for over four years after this documentary.

[@JacobafJelling]

Nice initiative on this upload. Greetings from Denmark

[@mariamahalie2257]

Freedom on a empty stomach is nothing.

[@faraitogie5924]

THATS N0NS3NS3

[@randomperson8695]

@Farai Togie I agree with you, there is no nation on this planet that became free and prosperous practicing any form of Marxism. Zimbabweans got empty stomachs, unemployment and a dictator who became enormously wealthy as his people suffered. www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-5297435/Grace-Mugabes-supercars-crashed-taken-Zimbabwe.html

[@odialscarrers]

@@randomperson8695 say that to the russian that went from a feudal sociecity to be the 1st ones to send humankind to space.

[@muchada15]

did you hear what the black man said. a grown man being given a curfew. 7pm. a grown man being told where he can take a dump. grown man who can not attend a meeting. can not participate in politics has no say in the direction of his future. and you say food is better than freedom. its bcz of freedom you can escape to britian to south africa if things are bad in rhodesia. with out freedom you are a sitting duck.

[@vahif.ahiulmamedov809]

@@odialscarrers are you serious? Gagarin flew into the space in 1961, but the first factory for production of toilet paper opened in the USSR in 1969(!!!) In 8 years (!!!!). And the equipment for this factory was bought in Great Britain 🤣🤣🤣.

[@hkravvaritis]

And look at Zimbabwe now! Progress, majority rule, democracy... Enjoy!

[@vahif.ahiulmamedov809]

🤣🤣🤣 "you forgot to add prosperity"👍🏻

[@kazer353]

Thank you stay in Europe Africa for Africans

[@bigger_mibber6029]

@@kazer353 Yeah and Europ for europeans, yet we see you all over western Europ

[@incumbentvinyl9291]

@@kazer353 Say that to your kind. Stop emigrating.

[@incumbentvinyl9291]

@@bigger_mibber6029 *Europe

[@marksquires4836]

Rhodesia. Once the breadbasket of Africa. Now Zimbabwe, a basket case!

[@nyaswed1520]

50 years gone--the same clueless BBC journalists.

[@cordellvandermerwe536]

Thanks for the upload! Beautiful Rhodesia

[@mrman9977]

@Wonder Boy the netherland did not have anything to do with Rhodesia. You are thinking about Afrikaners in South africa

[@mrman9977]

@Wonder Boy South Africa was however Rhodesias larges ally

[@TheDiasporaMedia]

@Wonder Boy hey man what happened to you!? I used to see you a lot on that senile old man's videos comments "Loving life" hope you doing well brother

[@TheDiasporaMedia]

@Wonder Boy Hahahaha! Good Lad. I just stopped going to that YT page because I was trying to have nice nuanced conversations with them and non of them even want to cede a inch of intellectual honesty that Africans do have a point. They are all just a bunch of right wing racist South Africans that want to cry about everything and never take responsibility. So I don't bother anymore.... Last time I was there I remember one of them saying they've banned you from the channel.

[@TheDiasporaMedia]

@Wonder Boy nah bruv, ive meet tons of people on other YT channels that are reasonable and ive had great conversations about Africa and even convinced some to change their thinking. Its just that dumb old racist mans channel thats like that. They all gather on that channel and use it as their community hub because they're bitter white racists and they use the channel to bitch and be bitter. They actually told me I should not comment on "THEIR" YT channel and go to my bantu channels.

[@makara80]

As a history enthusiast with an apolitical fascination with Rhodesia (and by extension the Bush War) I find the biased, selective tone permeating this otherwise insightful contempary documentary rather distasteful and unprofessional. Sadly, such dubious efforts appear to be pretty standard policy for seemingly most British-produced reports/documentaries/coverage made during Rhodesia's twilight years (at least judging by those now available on KZbin/online) of which almost uniformly exude a curious 'amiable animosity' towards white Rhodesian interviewees. ^An early, mid-seventies precursor to "Fake News" (tm) perhaps?!

[@Cos_Why_Not]

makara80 I share basically the same view on the issue. It annoys me how people politicize Rhodesian history so much, be it from white or black identitarians.

[@patrickgordon9893]

@@Cos_Why_Not I agree, a labour government hung out Rhodesian to die.. everybody forgets about the political influence. its easy to play the race card. That's why China is left to mine all of Black Africa's minerals with no return to the Black population, a good socialist/ communistic investment.

[@glendodds3824]

For people who love history, Rhodesia is a fascinating and frustrating subject. Sadly, over the years the country’s remarkable story has been distorted by misleading and dishonest commentary from people on both sides. However, although Peter Taylor (the British journalist in the above documentary) was not a fan of white Rhodesian society, he was fairer than some of his colleagues.

[@birb9422]

@Ewarton Charlton there were no fucking slaves, are you delusional?

[@incumbentvinyl9291]

That's because Rhodesia officially pissed on the Crown. They left the commonwealth and put up their middle fingers. Obviously state owned British media wasn't going to be on Rhodesia's side. I personally think the overall feel is relatively neutral considering the circumstances.

[@howardm-h2936]

black majority rule in zimbabwe… nearly 40 years on... well... that went well.. country has progressed brilliantly... economically flourishing... not just the jewel and breadbasket of Africa...but the crowning glory.... black controlled farms producing more than enough to feed half of Africa.... basic infrastructures such as electricity and water all operating smoothly and free to all citizens..... no unemployment.... health and education unrivalled in the third world... finest police force and military in the southern hemisphere.... zero corruption.... political freedom and impartiality is a given.... it's true... isn't it... smith was wrong when he said black majority rule would be a failure.... wasn't he??????

[@Mr.Simbar]

CLEARLY YOU HAVE NEVER SEEN ZIMBABWE NOW

[@nkosisky7334]

@@Mr.Simbar its a mess!!

[@howardm-h2936]

@@nkosisky7334 i have family and friends still living there... are you trying to tell me it is all working, all in good order, how's the currency doing? when i left in march 1981, the official bank exchange rate was Z$1.00 = USD 2.00... schooling was still excellent, healthcare, top quality, and i am talking about Mpilo Hospital in Bulawayo, not some private hospital.... food was plentiful and AFFORDABLE... elections were a total farce in 1980 and still are.... but i am sure you will put me right

[@howardm-h2936]

apologies @nkosi sky... i clicked on the wrong reply .... my comment above was directed @ steven Mubayiwa

[@trevormann8221]

howard m-h , well said

[@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 )

[@kasikwagoma6740]

@MRABDAHMED1, you are a liar you are not a true native black Africa because you empathise with the white invaders. Your idea that just giving blacks some stupid jobs would placate black Zimbabweans shows you are not one of us. What blacks wanted was their entire country back, all their lands that were stolen.

[@BG-uf8kh]

Your a product of slavery. We would never accept white majority rule in our nation. You are not an African.

[@incumbentvinyl9291]

There has never been something called the ''Rhodesia Europeans''. You're talking about Caucasoid Rhodesians, born in Africa. They weren't native Zimbabweans, they were Negroid Rhodesians. You clearly haven't been paying attention while doing your research. *guerrilla Not ''guruela''. I notice. Unbelievable...

[@jimmeer]

We used to go down for the weekend as a break from Zambia. It was lovely and worked for everyone- now it works for no one apart from the ruling elite. The locals used to laugh when they found we were living in Zambia. The UK Government were totally irresponsible in just wanting to get rid of it.

[@pooplord6688]

Well you can say that what happened ended up being terrible, but it quite obviously did not work for everyone. If Smith's government were more willing to make concessions, maybe the country wouldn't have fallen to communists.

[@jimmeer]

@@pooplord6688 Disagree. Watch South Africa.

[@pooplord6688]

@@jimmeer I think South Africa is another example of what I'm describing. The people were frustrated for so long and the only people promising them anything at all were communists. By the time the government changed its tune and recognized it could not go on forever, it had lost any chance it had of controlling the process of reform. The lesson of history is that it's often better to get behind reform rather than to see reform overtake you.

[@chiyenyumba7135]

@@pooplord6688 well said

[@incumbentvinyl9291]

@@jimmeer We're watching. It's an aids ridden junkyard full of violent crime. It was far more civilized in 1975, when this documentary was made.

[@glendodds3824]

The woman in uniform at the start of this documentary was a member of the BSAP, Rhodesia’s police force. The British South Africa Police was the oldest unit in the Rhodesian security forces. It was formed in 1889 on the eve of the founding of Rhodesia and was part of the Pioneer Column that established Rhodesia’s capital in 1890. The BSAP had a paramilitary role and thus members of the force fought against ZANLA and ZIPRA during the Rhodesian Bush War. One of the members of the unit killed in action was 23-year-old Spencer Thomas Morgan Thomas, who was shot in an encounter with the enemy on 23 August 1967. He was a great-grandson of the missionary, Thomas Morgan Thomas, who had begun preaching to the Matabele in 1859.

[@captainroberts6318]

All of them should have faced the wall

[@angusbull9685]

Stunning woman!

[@incumbentvinyl9291]

@@captainroberts6318 For prayer?

[@roberttgwena9047]

People in zimbabwe needs to come together white or black they should all come together

[@roberttgwena9047]

@Be Frank fuck.off you twat

[@roberttgwena9047]

@Be Frank lol

[@roberttgwena9047]

@Be Frank fam plz lawet

[@judymagondo1229]

@Be Frank We don't need respirators here.

[@judymagondo1229]

@Be Frank Look at our stats and compare with yours.

[@NdrHrlnd]

15:27 "Are you optimistic about the future?" "I certainly am......"

[@lucasgriemsnn9994]

ha!

[@Sokrabiades]

Be careful what you wish for...

[@alexread9838]

Almost everyone wants the Western modern technology and infrastructure. This infrastructure and modern consumer items did not exist in Zimbabwe in 1890. The economic infrastructure was developed over the subsequent 80yrs. This modern infrastructure enabled the African population to grow from around 500,000 in the 1890s to 6.5 million by 1977. Before the 1890s the population was much smaller, because the infrastructure was very basic, not enough food could be grown and they didn't have any modern medicine. This economic modern infrastructure was developed and built under the guidance of a small minority, which only numbered 6% of the population at its peak, though it was 25% in urban areas. That minority were the ruling class because they were developing and building this modern society. It is quite unrealistic to imagine that people would just come from Europe for reasons of charity and build up a modern economy in Zimbabwe, but live at the level of the African population whilst they are doing it, and give all the profits to the African population. Why would anyone choose to do that? It would be much better to just stay in Europe, rather than just spend their hard earn capital on a charity endeavor in Zimbabwe. But this does obviously lead to resentment. The Europeans are richer (as they have developed the wealth), the Africans are poorer. The Africans though were never rich in the first place, especially when wealth is simply a measure of the amount of modern Western goods a person or society is capable of creating or the raw materials they can sell in exchange for these goods. The society which many of the Africans hated, had enabled their population to grow by over 10 times in the space of 80years. If the African population had stayed at around 500,000, by 1977 the political situation in Zimbabwe would have been very very different. Most Africans in the 1907s seemed to believe that they could just magically take over the economic infrastructure and the development will just continue like magic. The White owners being replaced by Africans and then also by 'magic' jobs just suddenly getting created all over the place, for the growing African population. The only chance Zimbabwe had, was for a Black African government to leave the White economic ruling class in-place and encourage more European and Asian immigration (talent) to come to Zimbabwe, together with massively slowing down the expansion of the African population. But this did not happen, gradually the African government began to chip away at the White economic infrastructure and then this process accelerated in the late 1990s and into the 2000s. Never kill the goose which lays the golden egg. In this case the goose was the White minority. The government should have tried their hardest to retain the minority which was generating the wealth for country. Instead the government was just interested in their own personal wealth and power. And once that power looked vulnerable, they decided they weren't so keen on democracy and the rule law. They were only interested in democracy when it meant they could win. Then hyper inflation and economic collapse and millions of Black Africans leaving Zimbabwe. What is left of the Zimbabwe economy is just propped up with Chinese trade. And as for democracy, which was oh so important in the 1970s, it doesn't exist any more. Just another sham dictatorship. Nothing to see here and move on.

[@bassuona1]

The keep is quite similar to new villages we had during the Malaya Emergency, where my parents were brought up. I think the lesson we should draw from either Malaysia or Rhodesia are we should be fair to all and judge on merit instead of skin color.

[@azhariarif]

The Dutch don't belong in Africa, just like the Chinese don't belong in Southeast Asia. It's fair that the Africans don't want to be rule by white foreigners.

[@Dan.50]

BBC supported Mugabe.

[@liltree8382]

D. J. Good everybody that’s not a Virgin does

[@johnnymclaneutah]

@@liltree8382 amazing arguments

[@bigger_mibber6029]

@@liltree8382 As if being a virgin until marriage and not having aids is .... LE BAD!

[@terranexile3681]

wish there was a follow up where they asked these people the same questions, what they think of this land of bliss with majority rule

[@emilegriffith1473]

only ppl who benefitted are the generals and officers of mugabe who were given lands and high paid jobs where they became corrupt, etc. a very small black middle class emerged. whits stayed rich, until 2000. the remaining whites almost are all wealthy still. everyon else is impoverished

[@josoece3483]

@Wonder Boy great, so you all please stay in Africa dont come to horrible Europe

[@josoece3483]

@Juden Arier Nah, I don't want kill anyone just hate fuckin' hypocrites

[@cristerowarrior1450]

It’s a crying shame that Rhodesia fell.

[@theslaviccookie5137]

@Ewarton Charlton what a silly comparison. And Mugabe systematically killed people based on ethnicity. Sounds more like Hitler to me

[@theslaviccookie5137]

@Ewarton Charlton literally killed whites for a solid 10 years and has made the lives of black people significantly worse in the country. He killed a lot of black civillians while being a "revolutionist" as well. Don't forget that he only gained power because of a Soviet ploy to gain strongholds in Africa.

[@gerberjoanne266]

It's so funny that the reporter allows the farm owner to ask one of his employees what he thinks of the fence surrounding where the black farm workers live (around 5:35). What do you think that worker would say? He can't be frank. Of course, he was noncommittal, finally giving a monosyllabic answer that the owner chose to interpret as agreement.

[@glendodds3824]

The farmer must have felt embarrassed by the unenthusiastic response.

[@gerberjoanne266]

@@glendodds3824 Yes, I think you're right. It did make for an awkward moment.

[@incumbentvinyl9291]

@@gerberjoanne266 You think he had the mental capacity to have an actual educated opinion on the subject? You're being ridiculous.

[@incumbentvinyl9291]

@@glendodds3824 Didn't see any embarrassment at all. There was a language barrier between the master and his worker. Listen more carefully.

[@colincox3298]

Long live Rhodesia , Rhodies Never Die

[@Witnessmoo]

But it did

[@Eli-yr7ou]

@@Witnessmoo Rhodesia was more alive then Zimbabwe is now lol

[@NandiIMbele]

Although ZIMBABWE is not functioning well rn I'm pretty sure the Zimbaweans who were originally in that land destroyed it to stop white rule and don't even say it was better off...it might have been but would you have wanted to stay under someone elses rule in your own country...I think not

[@maxb9315]

Liberate occupied Rhodesia!

[@Tracymmo]

@@maxb9315 Yeah! And occupied England! Get those English out of there

[@paulanderson6834]

I kept thinking of the phrase "don't bite the hand that feeds you" during this. Did anyone else do the same?

[@EubulusKane3259]

Nope

[@paulanderson6834]

@Ben Doesn't it strike you as an odd coincidence how quickly both of these countries became hell on earth as soon as the evil colonialists ceded power? Also, most countries consisted of 90% illiterate, poor and violent populations throughout History, the only difference here was the international pressure by "well meaning" global powers who felt they could pillage these countries more easily if the 90% took over. Am I being unfair?

[@paulanderson6834]

@Ben You're clearly well informed on the subject, I jumped to some wrong conclusions about what your position is. The only problem I see with the implementation of majority rule in the region is the fact that it was almost imposed from outside (with help from inside) by people who didn't have the interest of either the majority or the minority in mind. Have a good evening!

[@isaac07517]

MAKE ZIMBABWE RHODESIA AGAIN

[@liltree8382]

Isaac Bruce Dumbass it’s gone never coming back

[@maxheadroom224]

​@@ratidzotakawira6191chinese colony now

[@throwaway6478]

@@ratidzotakawira6191 It's literally a Chinese colony right now. 🤣

[@craigdavidson2278]

My dad worked out in Rhodesia from 1976 to 1980...the British government sold the settlers out. I feel ashamed to the plight of the white farmers in South Africa that Europe has refused to help....yet Europe fall head over heels to help the illegals and economic migrants who have no loyalties towards our heritage. Would be nice to ask all the same people all the same questions (if they are still living) I bet their views would have changed.

[@Wolf-hh4rv]

Make Zimbabwe Rhodesia Again

[@DistinguishedMenofCulture]

Interest rates are currently 20% which means nobody can open a business and nobody can buy a home

[@jamesgreen1166]

we seriously should’ve gone here instead of Vietnam

[@yankiefrenz1367]

how will you go in? also this is not Middle East where you can just walk in. war in Africa is different

[@RK-ln6kg]

They should do an interview with these people now 2019.

[@caedmonstone]

Take the reporter who did the initial report with to give his view on the successes of what he was promoting...

[@speakertreatz]

@@caedmonstone he's still around. I don't know what you think he was promoting though. In Ireland we know him to be a fair and fearless journalist who asked very difficult questions of the two sides in the dispute to Northern Ireland and made a lot of enemies on both sides.

[@caedmonstone]

@Gavin Paisley being fair and fearless does not preclude a bias, in fact as this was done as a documentary a bias is implicit and the best he could have done was include (with only minimal necessary editing done) counter interviews. And thats the point of my comment, decades later with a world view that would have changed (age does that) going back, comparing his biases then to biases now and the changes that time has wrought, what would be his current view. Would he still hold the view that white Rhodesians were deeply in the wrong, would he still hold the view that the Ian Smith government needed to fall and that the Black Zimbabwean needed to have the vote as they did, even though that was what lead to decades of Mugabe and unknown numbers dead in Mugabe and Mnangagwa's Gukurahundi? Or in short given hind sight what would he wish to tell his younger self NOW!

[@speakertreatz]

@@caedmonstone Where did he express his personal views in the documentary?

[@caedmonstone]

@Gavin Paisley umm where did I say he expressed personal views, i said he biased his reporting with his views. If he did not he would not be human, if you disagree go find a priest of intersectionality and ask for a lecture on implicit bias...I also noted that he fought against his biases by acknowledging that he included opposing views. Your bias of if its not what you think is right it must be universally wrong is showing, please try to control it for future interactions.

[@johnnotrealname8168]

I must write that this is a brilliant report. It does not seek to diminish any of the real problems facing the country such as segregation and inequality but does not unnecessarily condemn it (It was not apartheid.). I wonder what would have happened had Alexander Frederick Douglas-Home, Baron Home of the Hirsel had remained Prime-Minister and a settlement had been reached for a slow but definite transition accepting Rhodesian proposals of standards equally applied and reasonable while ensuring that barriers were lifted. Maybe I am in a fantasy land but I do think James Harold Wilson, Baron Wilson of Rievaulx's stance caused a lot of the problems.

[@bobapbob5812]

I was recently in a rehab center. One of the nurses was from Zimbabwe and said they all wish Ian Smith was back. She hated Mugabe.

[@frankie7529]

Black or white?

[@bobapbob5812]

@@frankie7529 she was black and about 30. I think all the whites were forced to leave. Many of the aides and nurses were from Africa. They were all very devout and helped me get through a difficult time. I am white.

[@frankie7529]

@@bobapbob5812 thank you.

[@alphabogeyman7462]

@@bobapbob5812 you're obviously a nice white guy with many black friends or colleagues, but Ian Smith hated black people.

[@toomanysecrets7121]

Alpha Bogeyman he hated Marxism! You don’t know what your talking about

[@banana1618]

I wonder if Thames TV would be allowed into Zimbabwe today let alone the freedom to interview anyone they want to? - oh, wait - Thames TV doesn't exist anymore.... rough justice? one has to ask...

[@wilts8965]

I strongly believe very soon Zimbabwe will start rising again. What we have been through has created a breed of extraordinary people. If only they would get a chance

[@Milk_Bone]

We make our own chances.

[@wilts8965]

@@Milk_Bone True

[@davidlopez6703]

JAJAAJAJAJAJAAJAJAJA

[@mwanikimwaniki6801]

@@davidlopez6703 Laugh in English Lopez

[@Woovisu]

@@mwanikimwaniki6801 "mwaniki" 😂

[@ChibabaDave]

Researching it's interesting how commonsense these ladies are, if you are armed you have a chance. Something UK citizens do not have.

[@ChibabaDave]

@@bearwolfable tell that to one of the thousands of victims of crime each year im sure they will find that very reassuring.... the victims of the london bridge attack for example would no doubt be thanking you for pointing this out as they got cut to pieces. The fact that women cant even have so much as a pepper spray is ridiculous and shows the contempt our betters have for us.

[@ChibabaDave]

@@bearwolfable you are very misinformed about the situation in the united states im afraid, gun ownership has increased and violence has been falling states with the most liberal laws tend to have lowest crime, millions of crimes are thought to be prevented and lives saved by gun ownership in the US but the media wont print that. You also ignore European examples like Czech republic.

[@ChibabaDave]

@@bearwolfable well what do you want to know? Look at worldwide legal gun ownershipvs gun crime rates, look at overall crime vs legal gun ownership, look at legal gun ownership vs gun homicide and vs overall homicide no correlations. Look at US DoJ figures look at FBI figures, look at the works of Gary Kleck, Katja triebel and Joyce Lee Malcolm. Look at the states in US with strictest laws vs those with more liberal laws. Look at czech republic vs UK crime rates. No corrolation what so ever with legal gun ownerhsip and increased crime but plenty evidence to suggest it at best helps reduce crime to at worst has no effect. Look at the root causes of violence, it aint guns.

[@ursus911]

@@bearwolfable

[@MandenTV]

God bless Ian Smith. Rhodesians never die!

[@wesley939]

Yeah they do

[@adamgardiner5869]

Ok boomer

[@tugadmundo]

he was a good man

[@ixlnxs]

10:49 He predicted the future well.

[@jamesdean1143]

Giving all power to Robert Mugabe is not what I would call majority rule.

[@incumbentvinyl9291]

The majority of the people didn't care about that at the time. They were simply racists who wanted a black African in charge. Obviously he was just as corrupt as his peers in sub Saharan Africa.

[@rufrignkidnme4701]

how has that majority rule been working out? I'm just really curious about what happened after the switch. did things get better or remain the same?

[@matthew1882]

In pretty much every way; things fell apart. Political violence was escalated. Production collapsed. Skilled individuals fled. Poor Zimbabwe.

[@DG-uw6wx]

So sad that South Africa and the USA threw Rhodesia to wolves and now its their turn.

[@januszchol2267]

So true .

[@incumbentvinyl9291]

What are you talking about? That's not at all what South Africa did!

[@DG-uw6wx]

@@incumbentvinyl9291 Yes it is.

[@incumbentvinyl9291]

@@DG-uw6wx Source?

[@DG-uw6wx]

Books?@@incumbentvinyl9291

[@lorainemeakin5806]

So what does everyone think is happening today in Zimbabwe???? 88% unemployment and 100% inflation! It's on it's knees now.

[@DistinguishedMenofCulture]

Don’t forget the 20% interest rate which means nobody can open a business. Nobody can buy a home.

[@jayconor9843]

Long live you brave people

[@incumbentvinyl9291]

Which one? The people in power or the communist terrorists?

[@mikestone9129]

Rhodesians are a remarkable people. Both black and white. I was there in the 70's and was amazed how tough the whites were.

[@thesoulbrother8636]

They weren't tough enough. cheers🍺

[@jaymeehoffstar2621]

They were more than tough, just betrayed and left isolated by the same trash doing their best to wreck Europe, the west, nowadays.

[@thesoulbrother8636]

@Jaymeehoffstar: They were euro-thieve-lands, who deserved everything that happened to them. God does not like murderers and thieves. Cheers🍺

[@bigger_mibber6029]

@@thesoulbrother8636 You speak of God, but where is God in your foresaken country? You stole, you murder and you can't even manage your own land and people. God and his church help you.

[@incumbentvinyl9291]

@@thesoulbrother8636 Indeed, they didn't have enough international support to continue. The downfall of the Portuguese was what set the timer in motion. Still, a decade and a half is a considerable time, and that's only the UDI time by itself. I believe Rhodesia had self rule since 1923, so that's almost a lifetime. Go easy on the fairy tales, boy. Haha! Cheers!

[@andrewbarry3375]

I'd ❤️ to see the same access in nowadays Zimbabwe 🇿🇼 with such living standards! TOGETHER PEOPLE NOT RACIAL,POLITICAL AND BOURGEOIS BOLLOX! SAVE OUR PLANET EARTH ♥️ LIGHT AND LIFE

[@Mossad901]

Ian smith and was working hard to educate and uplift the Africans.

[@alsosprachzarathustra5505]

After transistion Rhodesia and South Africa went down the drain. I am sure there are capable black leaders but actually they did not choose such in both countries. Also may be Smith was right when he suggested it would take more time and preparation for majority rule. You need educated people for a democracy and South Africa should have listened to him. There are not many Mandelas out there and they don't live forever but there are many Mugabes ready for take over. People should be able to distinguish between them.

[@alexsandrodesouzagoncalves3373]

Excelente post...

[@incumbentvinyl9291]

Where? I'd like to hear of an example. There is no ''may be'' about it. We know for a fact looking back at history that it's the case. A people need to have an average intelligence of above 70 to make such judgements for themselves. That wasn't the case.

[@ignoblesurfer6281]

Pretty hilarious how much of the Smith interview was about "negotiations" at Victoria Falls - so obvious he just wanted to end the documentary there with the dramatic shot of the water. The place of the negotiations wasn't the sticking point and everyone knew that, including Smith - he was just too polite to say. In the end the Internal Settlement was signed at Salisbury. The final settlement, the Lancaster House agreement, took place in London.

[@incumbentvinyl9291]

It was a valid premise and the meeting did eventually happen, on a train at the border. Not sure what you're trying to pull with that statement.

[@ignoblesurfer6281]

@@incumbentvinyl9291 Exactly what I said - the place was not the sticking point, but the filmmaker (hack) wanted that dramatic ending shot.

[@incumbentvinyl9291]

@@ignoblesurfer6281 It's a UNESCO World Heritage Site. It's quite literally the face of the nation. I was there myself in 1995, and it's truly an amazing place. It makes perfect sense that's how it was shot.

[@TrooperLFC]

What a beautiful country it used to be!

[@AlexAlex-lj5zk]

eish

[@semyaza555]

Ewarton Charlton Lolol

[@HostileLemons]

@Ewarton Charlton stfu moron

[@TheHollow_Praetorian]

Ewarton Charlton what, you love seeing black people starve to death and poverty?

[@castormicah5232]

I was there just a few weeks ago. It is still strikingly beautiful. I heard from locals that the British did not bring beauty to Zimbabwe, they found it there.

[@aped]

Now everything is returning to its natural African state.

[@garycook6717]

Could have been a great country and has ended up a basket case

[@castormicah5232]

Great for your grandmother!

[@talentmatarirano1787]

No more whites sorry

[@taongampofu7586]

For whites yeah It sucked for us

[@THROWINDANGS]

@@talentmatarirano1787 no more food either

[@bodhranlowd]

A new wrong does not make the historical wrong right.

[@watchwomanwhatofthenight1426]

This is the perfect answer ,my parents lived in Rhodesia and she swears that she could never trade this ungovernable Zimbabwe to Rhodesia.Being treated as second class in your own country is the worst kind of feeling

[@oliverford5367]

@@watchwomanwhatofthenight1426 You see videos of black servants pouring tea for white cricketers. It must have been so humiliating to have to serve people who feel superior to you and let you know it. Sure they were fed but psychologically it must have been miserable.

[@incumbentvinyl9291]

It does make the ''historical wrong'' more right.

[@incumbentvinyl9291]

@@oliverford5367 I thought your message was sarcasm until I got to the last sentence. The funny thing is, everything isn't about race, and all the people you speak of had lived in this reality since 1923 in Rhodesia. It wasn't suddenly a case of blacks serving whites. It was a worker serving the people who had hired them. Nothing humiliating about it, nor do you feel that way when you're served your coffee, nor does the person working these feel that way either. Grow up. Stop playing the race card like a fool. I want to add that these people were *not* slaves. They were paid a salary and lived in their own homes. I have a feeling you're making this comparison, when it has nothing to do with the situation in Rhodesia at the time.

[@michaeljoseph741]

I have noticed that a slew of these videos have surfaced recently. Is there something happening?

[@nathanaelgovera2772]

Zimbabwe was good under Smith

[@yankiefrenz1367]

you are too young to understand

[@MaxZagar]

What changes did the majority rule want to achieve ?

[@louvendran7273]

Equity.

[@michaelmajor4450]

Europe in the next 20 years

[@hughhughes4488]

Funny how they made such a stink about Rhodesia (and later South Africa), but when the blacks took over, the cameras stopped rolling and the newspapers stopped reporting on what went on there. There are big, big lessons to be learned from what ended up happening to Rhodesia and South Africa.

[@chiyenyumba7135]

It's gonna happen to them too

[@AbdirahmanIdris-ku9xm]

The lesson learned that a country like Rhodesia or South Africa was never going to last. Especially South Africa with apartheid.

[@throwaway6478]

Yes, big and many. The first is "never give in to terrorists".

[@AbdirahmanIdris-ku9xm]

@throwaway6478 terrorists? Some mabye but let's not act like the Rhodesian army were angels. Many of the natives fought for their land.

[@incumbentvinyl9291]

@@throwaway6478 I disagree. Number one is; ''Never bend over for communists''

[@seekndestroy9932]

MAKE RHODESIA GREAT AGAIN

[@marcelluswhyte2291]

😅😃😃

[@workingwithsnakes.2143]

It took years for Europeans to build their countries,went through great depressions, savage wars,all manner of terrible things and yet they r quick to point at what Afrika is going through today,to justify their racist policies.. please allow Afrikan countries to go through their own pains of growing. The biggest reason Afrika failed was massive capital withdrawal,subtle punishments for supporting liberation movements,like in the case of Zambia, Tanzania....I can write a book not of excuses but real living facts.

[@Sokrabiades]

So, what happened to Asia?

[@MasimbaMusodza]

@5:24 ff, that bit of gibberish there was Fankallo or Chilapalapa, a made-up language supposedly to bridge the language barrier between Blacks and Whites in southern Africa. It really consists of instructions, affirmations etc (the name "Fankallo" is a bastardisation of the Zulu for "like this" or "like so" and Chilapalapa is also from Zulu for "here.") It looks to me like the guy doing the fence only said yes because he had no idea what his employer was saying and did not want to show him up in front of the news crew. Actually, a large number of White Zimbabweans from the farming communities are proficient in either or both Shona or Ndebele.

[@cartersteve37]

In my point of view rhodesian white people had done many mistakes and they wouldn't reconsider themselves. In reality Rhodesia was not a democraty, and there was a lot of injustices in this country. All the advantages and good life conditions couldn't be only for the white population. If they had shared the resources of the country equitably among all strata of society, and guaranteed the same rights and liberties for everybody, there would never have been a war. Today the situation in Zimbabwe is not good but but the modèle of society in Rhodesia, was not better too, in a equitable society you consider everybody, same rights, same chances, liberties and wealth for everybody !!!

[@joeday397]

You cant share equitably with the people who do not take part equitably

[@tm23822]

The blacks took the farms, they took the resources, they took the power. And look what they've done with it. And you think "sharing" would have helped? No. They would have wanted it like they've wasted everything else and took out their frustration on the whites.

[@cameronschofield6440]

Nah the ZANU and ZAPU thugs and their Commie masters would have seen to the development of a war regardless of a pie in the sky share and share alike system.

[@judymagondo1229]

@@tm23822 Zimbabwe is a very young country , this is not the end , mistakes are made and corrected . I remember there was a time when europeans had their own problems which forced them to move to other countries , you all have forgotten how you went to USA. Zimbabwe's problems are common to many other countries , what is important is to learn and make corrections . Many of you guys don't even remember USA had a civil war after its independence . I dont condone dictatorships , however, one man's bad behavior does not cast a dark shadow on everyone. Im hopeful Zimbabwe will still be great country in the near future.

[@vh2q]

"Wealth for everybody" ... and pie in the sky too.