RR7823B A SETTLEMENT UNDER FIRE
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- (5 Jun 1978) RR7823B A SETTLEMENT UNDER FIRE
It is half way through Rhodesia's most important year.
Premier Ian Smith has pledged to hand over power
before December 31st 1978 in the country's first
one-man-one-vote election. Meanwhile, an interim
government comprising Mr. Smith himself and three
moderate black leaders is running Rhodesia, until it
becomes independent Zimbabwe. Their "Internal Settlement"
though is under fire - quite literally - from the
guerrillas of ZANU and ZAPU, the constituent parties
of the Patriotic Front. Mr. Smith's plan is to protect the
rights of the whites and the chance of an orderly
transition, if the guerrillas will let him.
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I left Rhodesia in December 1978, was and still is, one of the saddest days of my life. Looking back now, over 40 years ago, it was also one of the smartest decions of my life.
Working in Brasil at customs one night I got a magazine National Geographic, the cover was RHODESIA THE SWITZERLAND OF AFRICA. 1975
did you serve ?
Where did you go to?
@@djharto4917 Initially South Africa and then after a number of years, Australia.
I met a Rhodesian guy in Sydney when I was backpacking around Aussie a few years ago. He was walking his Rhodesian ridgeback! Very interesting guy. It is a great tragedy what happened Rhodesia. I would love to have visited.
Man, these film captures of war are quite addicting.
more real than real!
Agreed!
Very true..my WATCH LATER list is almost entirely these clips
How did Zimbabwe and black majority rule work out????????????
Was born free, but never had access to what the guerrillas died for...opportunities only exist for the black elite
BHAHAHAHA!
@@bightonchinembiri3106 A blind man could see that coming.
Better to be sovereign and starve than to live off pizza remains fallen frm the table of oppressers
@@jaggernaut3868 what a load of commie bullshit, wake up and come into the real world.
I keep comparing this training to my own in US Marine infantry school (SOI), Rhodesian training is way more hardcore. These blokes were badass.
Blokes. Cringe.
@@ayodejiolowokere1076 I have English heritage, I’m morally obligated to say “blokes” every 1,000,002 words.
@@gestaposantaclaus fair enough.
@@ayodejiolowokere1076 blokes is good English
@@gestaposantaclaus and a great word it is too. Correct English
This is what happens when you give a 9 yr old keys to the Cadillac.
Counting the potential of the land of Rhodesia Zimbabwe I would say it's more like giving the keys of a Lamborghini to a 9 year old.
@@irongerry847
Why did you run away if you really loved the country . Whatever the past, this is now Zimbabwe not Rhodesia, things will always be different good or bad .The citizens will decide .
@@judymagondo1229 They're running because they don't want to live in shit. The "citizens" decide they want to live like prehistoric people. Well, Europeans as a majority do not want to live like they're in caveman times so they leave.
@@marcogram1216 Marco are you even from there? Did you experience what the Blacks OR Whites there experienced if not piss off
Rhodesia as I still call it, now resembles Detroit, St Louis or Baltimore in the us. poverty, depression, despair and self anger should be the motto of Rhodesia, Congo, Sudan etc. they damn sure can't blame whites for their collective failures.
Rhodesians never die!
Calm down, he was being sarcastic. LUL
@@Sircliffe forgot to switch accounts???
Amen
Idk a lot of yall died in the war
Rhodesians Never Die.
Its dead unfortunately. Sorry Mr.
@@PM-zu9tv Rhodesia fué la nacion numero uno de Africa gracias a los Blancos.
Qué porquería tú hablas! Sí Rhodesia era número uno en Africa para los blancos. Y los negros, que son la mayoría y duéños y natívos de Zimbabwe sufrían como esclavos de los blancos y racistas. Si no tiènes nada buèno de hablar , calla la boca súcia tuya.
No, they just turn British and fly back to England in their tea cups.
@@ancianoviejo1711 We don't speak that coccaine language
Look at Zimbabwe now
Tears in my eyes .
What has become of them who did so.much?
Damn, that assault course is legit :o
God Bless You Prime Minister Smith ,RIP
Rhodesia was good, very good! For us white Rhodies to be honest. No wonder we are still bitter! If we had cared a bit more about the Africans.........now they have Zanu. Its a lose lose for them
Lol, 13:04. The same mentality when SA became a "democracy" in 94. The same old same old
8:25 It would be nice to know how many Rhodesian soldiers are still standing in the world to day. Rhodesians were the best bush fighter's in the world because we grew up in the bush at a very young age. May God Almighty bless you all in Jesus mighty name Amen. I'm 71years old. I would like to thank Jesus Christ and the Holy Spirit for saving my life in that bush war,and I want to thank all of you Rhodesians who fought the terrorists infiltrating our country. Remember Israel 🇮🇱 helped us with lots of things. 😊❤🎉🎉🎉🎉
The terrorists won and you got kicked out of Zimbabwe. No more free handouts for whites.
Worked out well didnt it, for no one.
What an absolute mess; to be fair though, I am not up to date with development in Zimbabwe since Mr Mugabe left office. I did see a few clips referring to occupied farms been returned to original owners. Maybe things are getting better. I often wonder just how different things could have turned out had their been closer relations between Rhodesia and South Africa. Yes, I know the BSAP helped in the war, some aircraft was loaned to the Rhodesian army etc but I also believe that South Africa cut off - or limited supplies like fuel from getting into Rhodesia. A life - regardless of what their nationality is - is precious....
You are nuts, no farm is being returned to anyone. Land is precisely why the so called "guerillas" went to war, and rightly so land had to be given back to the rightful owners. Uchida usingade
@@munhumutapa1330 Look and see on RUclips-there is a story on a farm being returned
@@moses5159 believe what you hear, I believe what I know and saw with my own eyes
@@munhumutapa1330 ok so what is your point? Do you suggest that land being given back to “rightful” owners was the right and just thing to do? If so has Zimbabwe prospered as a result of land being restored?
@@munhumutapa1330 enda norugare
Yes the skulduggery of the British was disgusting the manipulating by different forces within the British government . The books I read made me angry so angry in the way they the British treated Ian Smith in favour of Mugabe.
The government not the people. As a Briton myself I am all for a return of Rhodesia.
Not to make us look worse but our Government under Theresa May a couple of years back supported the land reforms in South Africa to strip the farms of white people.
Our politicians are disgusting fools that will try and do anything make them look good no matter how morally wrong it is.
I personally know how the Rhodesians feel being from Northern Ireland as we been recently backstabbed by the British government with the NI protocol and always have been since the 90s.
@@ulsterinfidel9897 agree governments and also the Britsih SAS were involved in trying to bring down the Rhodesian military
Smith ran a segregated state. What moral person would sympathize with him?
@@merledoughty5787 What? What proof have you got for that? The Rhodesian SAS were basically interchangeable with the British SAS ffs.
yes, a bloody disgrace
Like I always say, I don't care who I offend or not. If Rhodesia followed the part of Bermuda, British Hong Kong or Taiwan none of this would have happened but then again we mustn't excuse Mugabe or any leaders of that continent.
Taiwan?
You are a horses ass and its morons like you who sit in a bar and think you solve the worlds challenges
Rhodesia followed the part of British Hong Kong!!! - "Zimbabwe-Rhodesia"
@@miha-wv8uoIf it was British Zimbabwe then maybe, but is was Zimbabwe Rhodesia and he's ( Rhodes ) the sole reason Afrikaners created the Apartheid system in South Africa as revenge for the Boer War.
Taiwan and China were never part of the British empire.
They knew what would happen, and it did.
A people that never managed to maintain a water well (even when instructed on how the pump works), that uses schools set up for them only to teach singing and dancing as soon as the aid workers leave them alone.... are left to rule a prospering country and manage to run it into the ground because they don't understand where the diesel in the tractor has to go.... what they do understand is which way the magazine has got to go into an AK.... good job importing them into Europe now!
Blimey, not defending Ian Smith (nor necessarily condemning him either) but they (the media) didn’t half like to remind everyone of Smith’s infamous and shortsighted “not in my lifetime” quote!
Binge watching these vintage Rhodesia/Zimbabwe-themed reports it feels like it’s in the vast majority of them ffs.
The speech was heavily edited. The original full speech version will suprise you.
@@jamesmccann355 the full was I don't believe in black majority rule ever, not in a thousand years. I believe in black and white working together...
How is not wanting black majority rule in a black majority country ever acceptable?
@@ayodejiolowokere1076 He did not want a Marxist government. He wanted democratic rule were everyone was equally represented.
@@jamesmccann355 he advocated minority rule before China and the USSR were in the picture so that's not true. Also he advocated permanent segregation and opposed majority rule, envisioning a system that would have 50/66 seats reserved for whites, then some time in the future have 50/100 seats reserved for whites. All of this despite the black majority.
Smith was a great man
The United States should've given economic and military aid to Rhodesia!
I agree but they chose to betray Rhodesia and assisted the communists dogs ! Britain too are responsible for the situation now in Zimbabwe .. karma coming their way soon .
@@rhodesia1578 You are a sad piece of poop. Call them what "communist dogs" you wissle weakling and failed capitalist. They got the land that they fought for and what do you have you low life....
The Americans actually did aid Rhodesia but they had to stop due to the fact that they had pressure back home with the Vietnam war and the protests. Thus they didn’t wanna make the same mistake. But the real blame is Britain actually thatcher fucked everything up and she was hated for it
so it could all get funnelled into Swiss Banks, by the wha Benzi
We would still fight them, the only difference is there would be no white face left. They would kill a lot of us, and we would just either kill all of them, or they would have to flee the continent
Fueron los blancos los que hicieron de Rhodesia la nación numero uno de Africa
Viva el pueblo blanco de Rhodesia !!
🤣🤣🤣🤡🤡🤡💩💩💩 Nazi
The assualt course shout "Hosa " was a Zulu word , for come at me , like the Thai word " Mani ".
i think the word is "woza" but yes it does mean that!
Or is it Ndebele?
They are going lefty stances. Intressting to see every inch of the body used.
No body armor, no helmets just full on agility and front advances
Yes and under black majority rule what’s changed?
They got more starving children.
@@julianschluter2593 damn right.
But there Free from hate well white hate not black 😐
@@crazychicSHENA what?
Please elaborate because i had a stroke trying to read your comment
@@julianschluter2593 we are not exactly starving, things are not perfect, but we are not starving. People say such just to feel better, but Rhodesia is gone and never coming back.
Was this all necessary than kuti we live together as one
Mugabe was worse!..
Damn the reporter was respectfull to Mr Smith!!
In my humble opinion, the transfer of power could've been handled much better.
ZANU and ZIPRA and ZAPU sound like the Democrats in Washington DC
When in reality, they're the Republicans & GQP
@@FMCH6444 Really.....let me guess..You think Obiden is going to save the day
@@rogerwilcoxii359 Oh, I see what you did there, wow, that was a good one. 😒
@@FMCH6444 How so
@@adrianshephard378 Look at what they're doing. Crying foul at the voting results, fomenting rebellion (Jan 6, militias, PBs, 3%ers etc), trying to marginalize sections of the population as less than others - trans, gay, women POC. They've also purposely gerrymandered voting districts to ensure Dems won't win. etc etc etc
Chief Chirau, oh dear! Abel Muzorewa! Hove
This training it's for Gugurawunde
I wonder if the zimbawians enjoy eating sawdust?
Why are you worries about what we eat ? When your grand fathers invaided us where we hungry??
@@MarshallMK whites brought you in to civilization
@@vestland3877 okay , thanks , now please leave Zimbabwe alone , your Rhodesia died along time ago .
@@MarshallMK it will return Mr Sawdust
I wonder if whites enjoy being replaced by Africans and Arabs. Cope.
Sit Nomine Digna 👍👍
Jeziah so many correct assumptions with his dog whistling and gas lighting
The ladies in denial again!
What the US is about to go through
A lot of countries were colonies
A lot of indigenous people got fuct over .
Seems like once Rhodesia fell many wanted to balance out the past by taking from and attacking white countrymen and so-called sympathizers. I think it’s unrealistic to give back something you and your family worked for maybe for generations . That being said it would make sense to work towards unity and balance out government positions and land ownership . I think the collapse of Colonies like Rhodesia show the pitfalls of colonialism. But asking people that may have had nothing to do with it and may have not agreed with it to give up everything and leave their homes and businesses is unreasonable and unrealistic. What a fucked up problem to have to solve.
What??
It was never yours to receive. If your people can take it, blacks can take it back.
The sound is freaking me out lol
RENAMO being a unique start-up by RF to combat the so called 'Freedom Fighters' base in Mozambique. What happened to the RF Landmines planted by RF forces that ringed the Rhodesian boarders?
Ndaona gomo reMutemwa
Africans wanted and still want land, not only majority rule
Or The house boys!
>13:00 m/s ~ "Rhodesia is about to collapse!" - Thanks to Kissenger, Vorster, Carter, Young, Thatcher and Carrington, CCCP, Cuba, China and the Lancaster House Agreement 21 December 1979.
yeah.. as always, its always the other. never you f*cking losers. what excuse `you pathetic illiterate dumbos you have for the failure? oh, yea, of course, its still the whte man oppressing you. pathetic disgusting incapable whiners
Guard Force Members at 10.40
I watch this film. And I compare the amount of time and effort the British Army wasted in Northern Ireland. I have come to the conclusion that we should have backed Rhodesia and got rid of Northern Ireland. At least Rhodesia actually was a productive place.
Britain would never back a racist regime like Rhodesia. And Northern Ireland wants to stay in the U.K. because they are Protestant.
@@SymphonyBrahms Rhodesia was not simply a case of "Black and white". It was simply anti marxist/communist. Black majority rule was not possible due to the extremely large Soviet and Chinese influence in Africa. The only reasonable way was to have both Black and White working together for a better outcome. Rather than political hegemony resulting in a dictatorship. Which is what inevitably resulted due to interference from the American government of Jimmy Carter who's ambassador Andrew Young completely squiffed the whole affair by making it a racial issue rather than that of political ideology. As for Northern Ireland, which I have always considered a huge waste of time and tax payer's money.
Politics. That’s what it boils down to. Imagine if Thatcher had backed Rhodesia, just imagine the left-wing reaction. She wouldn’t have still been in power.
Thank you Jimmy Carter and Andrew Young. Quite the dynamic duo. I mean, who else could have destroyed a perfectly democratic, stable and anti communist country....Oh yeah, Andrew Young wanted to teach "WHITEY" a lesson!
How was Rhodesia democratic when most of the population was ruled without their consent?
@@ayodejiolowokere1076 and just like that. Mugabe brought Democracy and justice to Zimbabwe. It sounds like a fairytale...Which it was not.
@@jamesmccann355 he was at least a native and voted in. What he did with his country was his and his country's business.
@@ayodejiolowokere1076 if you want to tell that to the everyday people of Zimbabwe. Who are starving and suffered extreme violence at the hands of Mugabe and his cronies. I think they might have something to say about that 🤔
@@jamesmccann355 starving for 40 years? Anyway Zimbabwe's HDI is medium and most Zimbabweans condemn Mugabe and Smith. One was a racist oligarch, the other a vicious gangster.
Fighting communist rebels , an interesting story
Lived through this, and very bad memories, these security forces used to beat us up big time accusing us of feeding the guerrillas!
I got beaten too, really hard. I hate them with a passion 😒😤😑
Ask MDC supporters about getting beaten up.
And now either inflation beat you up, or the Zimbabwean Police if you don't support ZanuPF
Free kekistan!!! 🐸🥛👌🏻
Uriah heep salisbury
14:48 says it all really.
What a stupid world we live in.
It is all so tiresome.
"A woman marched off for questioning" or for torture ?🥺
Britain is about to become an EU colony - Will be great to see them bow down to the Rhodesian National Anthem stolen by the EU.Kharma perhaps?
You realise we had Brexit you fool?
Ode to joy adopted was adopted as the European continental anthem in 1972 and by Rhodesia in 1974 two years after the European Council. Ignorant moron perhaps?
@@Ficker2 Seppo you are a chop.
CO MINISTER OF LAW AND ORDER 😂😂😂
Such a waste.
They've got it made now lololol
If Rhodesia still exist or land exportation without compensation either way different happen I would love to be a Rhodesian/Zimbabwean.
Rhodesia/Zimbabwe
GPD $180,000
PPP $180,000
Area: 711,817 sq miles including Zambia, Malawi and Botswana
Currency: Rhodesian/Zimbabwean dollar
Population: 230,000,000
Black 49% 112,700,000
Languages: Shona, Tshwane, Bembe, Nyanja, Ndebele,
White 49.50% 113,850,000
Languages: English 50%, Afrikaans 25%, German 20%, 5% French
Demographics of white Rhodesians/Zimbabweans
Anglos 29% 33,016,000
Irish 25% 28,462,500
Scandinavian 20.50% 23,340,000
Mostly Danish, Sweden Norwegian, Finnish and Icelandic.
Afrikaners 20% 22,770,000
Many are Germans still speak German a large minority speaks French
French 3.9% 4,400,150
Mostly Belgians from the Congo or other colonial colonies
Scottish 1% 1,138,500
Chinese 1.50% 3,450,000
Racial mixed 0.25%
Other Asian 0.25%
Difference from ZANU-PF Era
Either way welcomes farmers from South Africa and Namibia.
There will be less hungry Zimbabweans/Rhodesians either way
What would likely be the same
Rhodesia/Zimbabwe would be ranked the best African country
Chinese companies would enslave many black Zimbabweans/Rhodesians without safety equipment or laws.
Welcomes South Africans for jobs with free passports unable to find a job or wants to go to school.
Rhodesia/Zimbabwe is the bread basket for Africa.
Will have their own Economic Freedom Fighters.
Chinese migrants and workers would be shocked at the large white population in Rhodesia/Zimbabwe.
Taxes
Personal income tax 0%
Inheritance tax 0%
Corporate tax 10%
Property tax 1%
Education 4 months without school but education is the same as if Rhodesia still exist
Working age stayed the same as if Rhodesia would give working age limits
Working hours 5 hours per day with 3 day weekends
Foreign relations enjoys warm relationships with Mozambique and Namibia
Mozambique Area: 901,914 has all of Tanzania and Madagascar many Rhodesians/Zimbabweans live in Mozambique because it's cheaper for agriculture, farming and housing this greatly increases the economy of Mozambique.
Namibia (including Angola)
Area 800,172 sq miles
Namibia and Rhodesia/Zimbabwe enjoys good relations the two African nations are economiclly, politically and military allies.
South Africa relations with South Africa is tense.
One of the key reasons why is many South Africans are moving to Rhodesia/Zimbabwe losing taxpayers.
Many farmers refuse to sell food in South Africa in fears of getting stolen and employees are getting attacked causing food prices to go up either way.
Rhodesia was a great country. Zimbabwe is a total disaster.
@@SpaceHeadYT you are an hisorically ignorant blowhard, and , I suspect, an anti white racist too.