Word: highfield
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Patriotic Front. Salisbury's outskirts are checkered with new shanty towns, as blacks flee tribal lands for the safety of the city at the rate of 400 people a day. Two weeks ago, for the first time, a dramatic gun battle between guerrillas and security forces erupted in Highfield Township, a suburb of the capital...
...might be willing to do so if he could avoid being branded a traitor by the Patriotic Front. Muzorewa has no guerrilla organization and practically no support from neighboring African states, but he is undeniably popular in Rhodesia and is hailed at rallies in Salisbury's huge Highfield township as "the black Moses." In the event of a broadly based plebiscite, Muzorewa might well win out over other nationalist leaders, including Nkomo and Mugabe. The problem is that his election would not bring an end to the guerrilla war; in fact, it might very well intensify the fighting...
...popular highland resorts near the Mozambique border must now be abandoned ("not really safe, you know "), but some relief that gas rationing has been eased. "The people over there depend on us for jobs, money and food, "says a Highlands polo player, pointing to the sprawling African townships of Highfield and Harare eight miles outside Salisbury. "They know that if they start something, well leave and the country will collapse. They'll be in a bind without us, and the smart ones know better than to cause trouble...
...black townships of Highfield and Harare outside Salisbury, the tin-roofed, cement-floored cinder-block houses are packed six to the acre. Blacks are not allowed to own their own homes. Instead, they must rent them from the Salisbury city council. Only the main streets are paved and lighted, although most homes now have electricity and running water. The schools are segregated and definitely unequal. The government spent $56 per black pupil last year, $494 for every white pupil. "We don't want to drive the Europeans out," says a black bricklayer who lives with nine relatives...
Several arms caches have been discovered in Highfield and Harare by the newly formed PUTU (Police Urban Terrorism Unit), but a police captain admits that "we probably got only the tip of the iceberg. God knows how much stuff is squirreled away out there." Black feeling has grown more militant now that the talks between Smith and Nkomo have failed. "Nkomo gave it a good go," says a black shopkeeper in Highfield, "but now he's had it. Now we will have to fight one way or the other...