Not someone you'd like to bump into on a dark night. This American Is ane of the 1,800 foreign mercenaries in the Rhodesian army, Including 500 Britiah, 1am here because this is the only worthwhile war going on at present, says one mercenary, Besides, It's commun/am we are crisis of the Rhodesian regime.
One of the major strategies of me omn relue to try ang "contain" the spread of guerilla. bases inside the country has been the 'Guard Force".
Some 300,000 Africans bave to be imprisoned in such camps. Needless to say these have beactivities of the natlonalists, and the Guard Forces are constantly operating in these areas.
case, in the Sengwe Tribal Trust Lands, tne entre populaton ol one such village, together with its Guard Force, disappeared without trace!
State expenditure on defence has shat up lo 192 million for chis wear, an increase of some 20 pet cent over last year's figure.
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main leaders of the JVP. was sentenced to life imprisonment We are reliably Informed that both he and Lionel Bopage are suffering which doctors have an hospitals and have asked that hey be moved from the prison HOSTIC The Government is refusing on the grounds that i poose scary tion the quality of the food they receive in jai These measures against the JVP and in particular at its JULIUS KARANJA concludes his look at the internal the Alouette helicopters. heightening politica.
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mously: while - least paragraphs ГЛС CLU 7 The word lost' was ailments For prescribed would be a risk. In addE The Government has difficulty oit the finding apare paris for its miliIn the I crises thai of military though South Africa has recencly ledged a supply of Mirage 10 stamped teachers, Toc death toll on the Rhodes ian troops has increased enor in the whole of continuca to grow (some 1,200 merent operate in tr compared to the net emigration 1976 there was a net loss of 7,072 whites from Rhodesis; by May this year, the ne loss was 3,557 White males up to the age of 34 are now babie to call up and population ir is estimated that Rhodesino armed forces (includine the po•ATE TEST ALESTI honor, only one far of i 30,000 Including some number can be mobilised.
the nel emigration and tbe death toll have subscantial effects on the COINTY ACC ACY ALL ASH GEST labour force. Further more, they have a demoralising popularion, who, on top of the Fear for there, and service and faced with a declining service sector as teachers and medica stall emigrate. In 199h some 85 "professionals" left, including lected in the recent badget whic cluded a sales tax of 15 per on and a 10 per cent surcharge an income tas, together with a freere to olliet increased militar! expenditure, This has contribured to the rise in inflation particularly for the black population. This sow stands at 30 per cent, an inflation rate fo the wiltes of 13 percene.
Already there are signs that the African trade unions will he highline for wage increases o 50-70 per cent combined with a The entrance of this sector or ltH struggle radically deepen the crisis of the regime, and begin to lend a nev character to the struggles national liberation: they will also move a tes or the teal chatacle al tbe nationalist leaders.