Word: muzorewas
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...last week, cast serious doubts on the sincerity of Smith's conciliatory statements calling for a negotiated transfer of power to the country's black majority. Suspicions increased when Smith unexpectedly convened the negotiations late last week (about seven days ahead of schedule) even though Bishop Abel Muzorewa and the Rev. Ndabaningi Sithole-the two key moderate black leaders-would not be at the conference table...
...Bishop Muzorewa, still regarded as the most popular black leader inside Rhodesia, denounced the military operations as "abhorrent massacres" that would "adversely prejudice" any talks with Smith. Proclaiming a week of mourning, the bishop declared that the dead are "mostly men, women and children who fled from the land of their birth to seek asylum." He said there could be no negotiations during the mourning period and boycotted last week's talks. Sithole, who was traveling in the U.S. to drum up support for his African National Council, also condemned the raids...
There may have been political motives for the raids as well. Perhaps Smith flexed his muscles to try to force concessions from Muzorewa and Sithole at the conference table. He may also have been attempting to convince black moderates inside Rhodesia that his armed forces would be able to defend a transition government from attacks by radicals outside the country. Another possibility is that the Mozambique raids were aimed at widening a rift between Mugabe and Joshua Nkomo, who as head of ZAPU (Zimbabwe African People's Union) is co-leader of the so-called Patriotic Front. By devastating...
...Front of Robert Mugabe and Joshua Nkomo, which for five years has been waging guerrilla war against the Smith regime from its bases in Mozambique and Zambia. Smith's latest announcement apparently means that he has made some kind of deal with the leading black moderates, Bishop Abel Muzorewa and the Rev. Ndabaningi Sithole. Both had previously insisted that there could be no negotiations until Smith accepted one-man, one-vote rule. Although he may, of course, attach a few strings later, Smith has apparently done just that...
...blacks and whites to "sit down together and work out a blueprint for Zimbabwe," the African name for Rhodesia. Jeremiah Chirau, the head of a group of tribal leaders, declared that "an end to terrorism must be in sight." Most important of all was the reaction of Bishop Muzorewa, probably the most popular of Rhodesia's black politicians. Addressing a rally of his African National Council's youth wing in Salisbury, Muzorewa said he was willing to enter negotiations. Expressing sympathy for the idea of guarantees for whites, the bishop added that "we are sincere and honest when...