I find it amazing tnat the writer goes on and on about the sanctions imposed on the dictator Mugabe and his cronnies. No mention is made of the total sanctions that was imposed on the dictator Smith. Yet Smith still took the " Rhodesian " country to an economy where the US dollar was 00.60 to the local currency. Education of the local population was increasing in leaps and bounds. Medical facilities were on the increase. The Zimbabwe people as a nation were building a nation that was the pride of all.

The Mugabe govt has taken the people of zimbabwe to inflation of over 100 000% and 80% unemployment. Is this what he wants for his children in the future. I feel sad that he is so shortsighted !!!!

The old Rhodesia was not an open society, so when somebody praises the old system of "Rhodesia aparthied" I wonder what information they are using. There was a great deal of propaganda during the Ian Smith regime. Numbers being used about Rhodesia are not reliable. Among the lies was that somehow the native Zimbabweans were satisfied be the white racists minority. That is a lie....how can one be happy with racists. Smith Did not improve african education. Zimbabwe's achievement in education can be measured after independence and not before independence. Zimbabwe enjoys one of the most educated population groups in Africa. This was not created by white racists. Other information indicate that the then Rhodesian economy was slowly dying and hence surrender by white minorities to the Liberation movement. Rhodesians abroad are desparately trying to lie about their past activities and very soon Zimbabweans will forget about them...After 28 years who remembers Smith or cares? Very few who now live in poverty in Europe

Godwills, it very sad that there are people like you who fail to see the problems our country is facing, Godwills the problems are with the leadership and if you fail to see that you need to have your head examined. Simba Makoni is standing for a home grown solution to the current situation in Zimbabwe, unlike Morgan and others his passion is to bring back the country we all loved... he is not reversing anything, the gains of our liberation struggle where reversed by the old man whose age is close to a century,,, who through too much use of Viagra he thinks is young enough and mentally fit to mantain the gains of our struggle, is is sad that people like you Godwills believe that our country is safe in the hands of this old man.

The author of this piece clearly is ill-informed on Zimbabwe and it’s history, or else has been so utterly indoctrinated by Mr. Mugabe and his henchmen that he has lost touch with reality.

First of all, he continually refers to “our [Black] land” that was “stolen [by the Whites]”. Not only is that blatant racial hatemongering, but it is entirely inaccurate. Yes, it’s true that the original pioneers in the Pioneer Column did take land without proper compensation. Yes, that’s stealing (even if it was legal). But there were only 180 pioneers in the Pioneer Column, and they did not take all of the land. Beginning in 1930, a policy of “land sharing” between the White and Black communities was enshrined into Rhodesian statutory law. About 50% of the land was reserved for Whites, Asians, and Coloureds to own privately, about 25% was reserved for Blacks to own privately, and the final 25% was reserved for Blacks to operate communally on a tribal basis. Obviously, this situation was far from equitable, but it was far fairer than the deal Blacks got in South Africa under the Native’s Land Act of 1913.

Even so, the vast majority of Whites did not take up their land under the provisions of either the Pioneer Column or the Land Apportionment Act. Many Whites actually came to own their land after World War II, and many more (possibly even a plurality) actually possessed deeds issued by the MUGABE government. Many White Zimbabweans were convinced by their new President’s rhetoric of national reconciliation and non-racial governance and took out loans to purchase land AFTER independence in 1980.

Second of all, he refers to “good [Black] Africans” who “shun their [Black] birthright” and then he says that the Blacks he presumably prefers “refuse to be vassals in their land; their heritage“. I put it to him that the Ndebele, which makes up about a quarter of the Black Zimbabwean community, only arrived in 1840, after being exiled from Zululand by Shaka Zulu. I also put it to him that the ancestors of the Shona, the largest ethnic group in Zimbabwe, contributing about three-quarters of the Black Zimbabwean community, only arrived in Zimbabwe between the 13th and 15th centuries. When the Bantu-speaking tribes moved into Zimbabwe, they displaced the ancient owners of the land, the Khoisan. No group is truly native to Zimbabwe, other than the Khoisan.

Thirdly, the author actually has the audacity to ask “what wrong did President Mugabe do?” Well, first of all, he’s turned the breadbasket of southern Africa into a nation that barely scrapes out an existence due to remittances and handouts from Thabo Mbeki and charities operated by the very people Mr. Mugabe demonises, White Westerners. He’s also committed massive crimes against humanity against his own people. Or do you not remember the Gukuruhundi? He’s curtailed freedoms that used to be considered God-given, and has so completely dominated and embattled the press that there is no longer any attempt to provide an illusion of freedom. He responded to a rebuke in a democratic referendum on changing the constitution by encouraging the illegal dispossession of property by thugs. Or are these things justified because Mr. Mugabe is Black and says he’s fighting some non-existent conspiracy by the CIA and Britain to “recolonise” Zimbabwe?

The way this author goes on and on about a “Blair/Makoni axis of evil” conspiring to enslave the Zimbabwean people is so utterly ludicrous that one cannot help but laugh. Once we get done laughing hysterically at the lunacy, we must realise how depressing it is that fellow Zimbabweans have been so indoctrinated that they actually believe this. I’m going to be blunt for a moment, but don’t interpret this as unpatriotic. The idea that the British Prime Minister lays awake at night plotting domination over Zimbabwe is egotistical and idiotic. Zimbabwe has no great mineral wealth, particularly when contrasted with other countries. There would be almost no gain for Britain to “recolonise” Zimbabwe, and there would be a lot to lose. People who believe this are just looking for a way to explain why Zimbabwe is in the shape it is, and in that case, they need only look at the nearest mirror.

The white Rhodesians are busy defending their old racists behaviour and land grabbing. The old Rhodesian was worse than Robert Mugabe. A lot of white anglo whiners still defend the system. Most Zimbabweans don't. A small group of white tyrant like Ian Smith ruled and passed land rules to disposes the majority. All major political parties running for President have indicated that they support land reform (re-distribution). You cannot be a Zimbabwean politician without support for land reform. Get real...Zimbabwe with win at the end