Word: muzorewa
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...meeting was a risky undertaking for all concerned. Smith was acting without the consent of his partners on the Executive Council, notably Bishop Abel Muzorewa and the Rev. Ndabaningi Sithole, who had joined the interim government last March. Nkomo was acting without the support of his colleague, Mugabe. And Zambian President Kenneth Kaunda was hosting the meeting without the express approval of his fellow "frontline" Presidents (Julius Nyerere of Tanzania, Samora Machel of Mozambique, Agostinho Neto of Angola and Seretse Khama of Botswana), with whom he has been jointly seeking a Rhodesian settlement...
Chief supporter of the plan was Bishop Abel Muzorewa, the most influential of the three blacks on the four-man council. He pressed the council to adopt the new program, which he hailed as "a tremendous breakthrough...
...than that-and it was immediately attacked by other black leaders. "What do people in the tribal trust lands know about these changes while the war rages around them?" demanded John Maposa, an independent M.P. "What do they know about swimming pools and theaters?" Even the publicity secretary of Muzorewa's own United African National Council, David Mukome, argued that the new program had "just scratched the surface of the problem of discrimination...
...Muzorewa opposes such a move, but in the end he may be obliged to go along with it. Several members of his party have criticized him for "political ineptitude" and called for his resignation. Six months ago, he drew nearly 200,000 people at a rally near Salisbury; nowadays his meetings rarely attract more than 500. His colleague on the Executive Council, the Rev. Ndabaningi Sithole, is doing even worse. Last week he scheduled a political rally at a football stadium in northeastern Rhodesia. Only 15 people showed...
...state of an independent, majority-ruled Zimbabwe. Many whites believe that any election carried out under the present wartime conditions would be a farce. Although the black leaders in the interim government appear powerless to influence the guerrillas, they are still determined to keep to the transition schedule. Warned Muzorewa Aide George Nyandoro last week: "If the whites make any attempt to reverse the move toward independence, there will be a racial bloodbath...