White Rhodesian Farmers Increase Security | Nuanetsi Region | Guerrilla Attacks Spread | April 1976

April 1976.
Reuters News Story Text:
"Following the increase in guerilla attacks in Rhodesia's Nuanetsi region, farmers there have been increasing their security.
On 19 April, the South African tourists were shot dead on the Beitbridge road which passes through the Nuanetisi area in Southern Rhodesia. The stretch of road where the attack took place is still closed to normal traffic and a major manhunt for the attackers continues.
The farmers of the southern regions are not as accustomed to the guerilla raids as those that farm along the Rhodesian border with Mozambique. Eastern border farms are surrounded by high wire fences and are in constant radio contact with the police.
For the present, the Nuanetsi farmers must rely on their own resources to protect their land. They have guns and patrol their farms in small aircraft. But until the region is designated as an 'operation area' by the Rhodesian government, the farmers cannot count on the same security resources as the people along the Mozambique border.
But farmers in the south are confident that they can deal with any Guerilla attacks. In an interview with British Broadcasting corporation reporter Michael Sullivan, one farmer, Robin Watson, gave his feelings on the subject."
Source: Reuters News Archive.