Word: rhodesian
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Although she was a novice in world affairs, the triumph of her first year was a foreign policy feat. Britain, to great acclaim, ended the seven-year-old Rhodesian civil war and brought majority rule to Zimbabwe in free and surprisingly fair elections. Observes an acerbic old-line British diplomat: "In foreign policy she has proved to be very wise by leaving it to [Foreign Secretary Lord] Carrington. But he couldn't have done it without her backing." Not coincidentally, Thatcher's worst performance came when Carrington, preoccupied with Rhodesia, was away from her side. At the European...
...Union Jack was lowered for the last time in what had been Rhodesia. In its place rose the multistriped banner of Zimbabwe. To honor the historic occasion, there were tribal dances and a parade that seemed to symbolize the peaceful end to seven years of civil war: white Rhodesian soldiers marched smartly into the stadium alongside fatigues-clad black guerrillas whom they had fought for so long. There was a brief moment of magic when Prime Minister Robert Mugabe lit an eternal flame to commemorate the 27,000 people of his new nation who had died during...
...picture is hardly brighter among the regular troops of the former Rhodesian government. Some 100 middle-ranking white officers, out of 800 active during the war, have handed in their resignations. More than 900 members of the elite Selous Scouts have quit, and many of them have joined the South African Defense Forces. Not even the influence of Lieut. General Peter Walls, the Rhodesian armed forces chief who was named last week to a joint military command, has fully restored confidence among the white officer corps...
Fresh from overseeing the settlement of Zimbabwe's independence, Lord Soames flew off to Mozambique late last month. There, in the capital of Maputo, he indicated that Britain would help President Samora Machel rebuild the war-shattered rail line from the Rhodesian border to the Mozambican port of Beira. Someone asked Machel: How did aid from capitalist Britain square with his Marxist principles? "Our Marxist principles stand," he replied, hoisting a glass of French champagne. "Don't you like drinking champagne in a Marxist country...
...independence is in the so-called Journal of the People-blackboards situated at city street corners using cartoons to instruct Mozambicans on the government's latest concerns, strictures or admonishments, such as guarding against subversives and working hard. In the past, two of the archvillains have been former Rhodesian Prime Minister Ian Smith and Uncle Sam. In these changing times, however, Mozambicans may have seen the last of both characters...