BISHOP Muzorewa, the new black prime minister supposed to be different from his white predecessor, Tan Smith.
After all, Smith used to send the Rhodesian armed forces on regular raids into Mozambique and Zambia. Whereas Muzorewa. in of Lusaka Just bomb the Zambian opening the parliament on Tuesday.
ядяів, popping off to see his South Africa! chums for advice. Whereas Muzorewa weekend belore last Yes, in Pretoria for discussions with South African premier P. W.Boths minister Pik Botha. cooperation is believed to have been on the agenda.
Muzorewa, in fact, is the happy. prisoner of the white Khodesians. No amount of Tory propaganda can alter Car facton fond co Carrington Tories' special earoy, Lord Harlech, eported unİversa ther Afriess c states recoznition of the Buy off cade of ile behind the eategy devised by Owen Young: the guerrillas can't be defeated, only chancels to try to buy off some of taeir lenders.
That, if you were wondering, what lies behind the defection last week of eight MPs from Muzorewa's party, the United African National Council, to form a new group which. another five of Muzorewa's MPs are expected to join. Leader of the new Party, is former UANC vice-presiden Rhodesia, is .. ordered troops capital hours before the new Rhodesian Smith was always and foreign Militarý secretary Lord:
hostility to any Smith/Muzorewa Patriotic Front is James Chikerema.
should do.
Democratic ANOTHER round in the his South African counterpart It's here that the plot thickens. Before the split, Chikerema flew to London to seek advice on what he I'he main person he met was "Tiny. Rowland, chief executive of the multinational Lonrho group.
Rowland is a figure who just keeps Botha in London fast week Zimbabwe.
Lonrho's considerable BoYer Zimbabwe: Tory forei cropping up whenever the subject of mentioned. surprising, really, because Lonrho has major interests there (39 companies in 1974). An internationally recognised settlement would not only free the massive profits which have been tied up undersanctions, but would also aid business in Rowland has made a point of personal contacts with African politicians in Zimbabwe. One of the most prominent of these is Joshua Nkomo, a leaderof ZAPU and the Patriotic Front, for whom Lonrho provided legal advisers during the 1976 Geneva conference. Nkomo, also, has recently made a secret trip to London.
Lonrho's central in the manoeuvres over the future of Zimbabwe underlines that what is al stake is not 'justice' or 'human rights' safeguarding of imperialist profits.
That in turn makes clearer: to build a solidarity campaign based on mass action which does not up efforts antil imperialist is kicked out of Zimbabwe and the Zimbabween people are left free to determine their own future. • 'No Tory sell-out in Zimbabwe' assemble 2.30pm Smithfields Market (Farringdon tube) for Trafalgar Square.
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