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Neva Seidman '78 lived in Africa for the past 71/2 years where her college professor parents went with the idea of "teaching themselves out of a job." She's engaged to an African and after graduation plans to return to southern Africa--hopefully to work for the Mozambican government. Especially in her later years, she had fewer and fewer contacts with whites. Parts of her commitment to Africa stems from politically-active South African expatriates she met there. Her contribution, she says, like her parents', will be in the form of service--thus Seidman says, she should get an advanced...
...declared that he would begin "fully implementing" the United Nations-imposed international sanctions against Rhodesia. His government detained 18 Rhodesian trainmen caught inside Mozambique's borders and seized a considerable amount of Rhodesian rolling stock as well as tons of tobacco, copper, chrome and asbestos awaiting shipment at Mozambican ports...
...tough speech, Rhodesia had boasted of engaging in "hot pursuit" operations against the guerrillas-even though Machel had warned that such incursions into Mozambique's territory would be considered an act of war. According to Machel, Rhodesian jets strafed the border village of Pafuri, killing seven Mozambican civilians and two soldiers. He said that Mozambique had shot down two of the planes, a claim Rhodesia did not deny...
Since the first of the year, guerrilla activity against Smith's regime has been on the rise. Last week Rhodesia announced that its security forces had killed 24 guerrillas in "hot pursuit" along the Mozambique border, presumably meaning that the Rhodesians had entered Mozambican territory. The incident occurred twelve days after Mozambican President Machel had warned that he would invade Rhodesia if Mozambique's borders were violated...
...organize the rural population into "revolutionary societies--communal villages...where that population will have an organized life, developing production collectively on the basis of their traditions, and promoting the exchange of knowledge." Machel stressed the need for unity in Mozambique, for, he said, divisions within society can only thwart Mozambican development...