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...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 on the parade...
...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...
...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: It is a soldier...
...guerrillas' side could not hide misgivings among their own senior military commanders. Several officers admitted they were having problems persuading the rank and file to accept the cease-fire order. One top ZANLA officer who returned to Rhodesia last week told TIME Johannesburg Bureau Chief William McWhirter. "Our boys live in the field. You have to get to them. The leaders and the boys have to meet face to face. The war has created a lot of doubts and fear in everybody's mind. We are concerned that the British want to leave Rhodesia, like they left Israel...
...first interview with an American publication since becoming Prime Minister a little over a year ago, Botha last week outlined his reforms to TIME Johannesburg Bureau Chief William McWhirter. Seated behind a desk decorated with a statue of an early pioneer, the unsmiling Nationalist leader made clear that South Africa's reforms will in no way affect the principle of white sovereignty in a white state. Excerpts from the 90-min. talk...