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...them coming directly from Rhodesian prisons or guerrilla bases in the bush, they were in no mood to approve a transition plan that would give Smith the opportunity to dominate events in Rhodesia for two more years. The African National Council's delegation, led by Bishop Abel Muzorewa, reflected much of the blacks' apprehension when it warned that Smith had come to Geneva merely to "carry out a gigantic fraud aimed at confusing world opinion...
Ringing Rhetoric. Understandably, there was also ringing African rhetoric. "We have come not in a spirit of give and take-only to take-take our country!" exclaimed the diminutive Bishop Muzorewa, perhaps Rhodesia's most popular black politician. Like the other black leaders, he demanded that the transition period be cut to one year and that in place of the appointive two-tier interim government there be a popularly elected Prime Minister and a Cabinet, with seats distributed according to the outcome of the election. Smith was extraordinarily brief, merely repeating his well-known views that he expected...
...responsibility for the Rhodesian drama. The African delegates hastened to make clear that their objections were not to Richard personally. Even Robert Mugabe, regarded as the most militant of the delegation leaders, stressed that "the view we hold is by no means an attack on the chairman." Bishop Abel Muzorewa went further, saying, "I think he could become a tremendous chairman...
...where African leaders had gathered to help celebrate Botswana's tenth anniversary of independence. "Good news," declared Zambia's President Kaunda. Rhodesian Nationalist Joshua Nkomo, a leading candidate to head a post-Smith government in Rhodesia (see box page 41), was "delighted." Added one of his rivals, Bishop Abel Muzorewa: "That's great...
With negotiation near, Rhodesian black leaders were busily conferring with each other. Both Nkomo, whose strength is in the rural areas, and Muzorewa, whose followers are mostly urban Africans, were wooing Robert Mugabe, who is influential with the guerrillas based in Mozambique. Either would like to join forces with Mugabe, thereby gaining guerrilla support. Mugabe is said to place emphasis on the need for military unity. The three are united on one point, at least: the country's name will be Zimbabwe (after an ancient African civilization that once thrived there...