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...white-led Rhodesian military forces into a single army. The guerrillas have already begun intensive training programs with Rhodesian and British instructors. The initial results were encouraging. At Papa Base, the largest of the cease-fire assembly points for Nkomo's forces, Commander Todd Msipa told TIME Johannesburg Bureau Chief William McWhirter: "If our orders are to work with the Rhodesians, we can do it, just like we killed under orders." The instructors, for their part, have been generally enthusiastic over the military potential of the new recruits. At Rathgar Camp, where drilling troops were raising clouds of dust...
...oblivious to his surroundings, which incongruously include a massive cocktail bar. Instead, his attention is consumed with his dream for a socialist Zimbabwe. In the only interview he has given to an American publication since his election, Mugabe discussed his plans for the future of his country with TIME Johannesburg Bureau Chief William Me Whirter. The meeting was interrupted just once, when a diplomatic emissary entered the room to deliver a personal letter from President Carter. Excerpts from the interview...
...South Africa's response is discouraging. Although the Johannesburg government agrees not to interfere in the affairs of its northern neighbor, it openly welcomes fleeing white Zimbabweans and is reviewing its defenses against both internal terrorist activities and external attacks from the north. The futures of the people of both nations are closely linked. Zimbabweans prosperity would encourage liberalization in South Africa; anarchy in Zimbabwe would force intransigence in the south. The efforts of the Mugabe government could encourage the eventual emancipation of blacks in South Africa, or an uncompromising, siege mentality on the part of whites...
...ceasefire. But Soames has been attacked for many of his political decisions-such as permitting South African troops to remain at the border crossing of Beit Bridge, and using armed "auxiliaries" in remote rural areas. Last week, in his first interview as Governor, Soames spent 75 minutes with TIME Johannesburg Bureau Chief William McWhirter discussing some of the problems he faces. McWhirter'sreport...
...arrived in Salisbury to oversee the peaceful withdrawal of his men to their cease-fire assembly camps. Following the death of ZANLA Commander Josiah Tongogara in a car crash two weeks ago, Masuku remains a key military figure in the guerrilla leadership. In an exclusive interview with TIME Johannesburg Bureau Chief William McWhirter, conducted in an unassuming dormitory he shares with officers of Robert Mugabe's ZANLA forces, somewhere in Salisbury, Masuku provided a personal account of one of Africa's bloodiest guerrilla wars and of his own commitment to ending it. McWhirter's report...