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A South African Diary: Contested Identity, My Family - Our Story
How many bones must you bury before you can call yourself an African? Updated February 2012 A South African Diary: Contested Identity, My Family - Our Story Part F: 1975 - 1986 Compiled by: Dr. Anthony Turton [email protected] Caution in the use and interpretation of these data This document consists of events data presented in chronological order. It is designed to give the reader an insight into the complex drivers at work over time, by showing how many events were occurring simultaneously. It is also designed to guide future research by serious scholars, who would verify all data independently as a matter of sound scholarship and never accept this as being valid in its own right. Read together, they indicate a trend, whereas read in isolation, they become sterile facts devoid of much meaning. Given that they are “facts”, their origin is generally not cited, as a fact belongs to nobody. On occasion where an interpretation is made, then the commentator’s name is cited as appropriate. Where similar information is shown for different dates, it is because some confusion exists on the exact detail of that event, so the reader must use caution when interpreting it, because a “fact” is something over which no alternate interpretation can be given. These events data are considered by the author to be relevant, based on his professional experience as a trained researcher. Own judgement must be used at all times . All users are urged to verify these data independently. The individual selection of data also represents the author’s bias, so the dataset must not be regarded as being complete. -
A Pride of Eagles Text.Indd
A PRIDE OF EAGLES A HISTORY OF THE RHODESIAN AIR FORCE BERYL SALT 30° South Publishers (Pty) Ltd Helion & Company Ltd Table of Contents List of maps and charts 9 Glossary 11 Author’s notes and acknowledgments 15 Foreword 16 Chapter 1 First flights 18 Chapter 2 Small beginnings 32 Chapter 3 A time to prepare 41 Chapter 4 The first in the field 48 Chapter 5 The phoney war 60 Chapter 6 First loss in the desert 69 Chapter 7 The home front 77 Chapter 8 The East African Campaign June 1940–November 1941 87 Chapter 9 The focus shifts 106 Chapter 10 The desert war 119 Chapter 11 New aircraft 128 Chapter 12 Bomber’s moon 138 Chapter 13 The forgotten squadron 148 Chapter 14 Punishment for the enemy 156 Chapter 15 Limelight on 266 164 Chapter 16 The return of 237 177 Chapter 17 A war of attrition 182 Chapter 18 Winter 1943 192 Chapter 19 The buildup 202 Chapter 20 The great invasion 213 Chapter 21 The Italian Campaign 232 Chapter 22 The beginning of the end—autumn ’44 249 Chapter 23 The final months 267 Chapter 24 A phoenix rises 292 Chapter 25 The SRAF tries out its wings 301 Chapter 26 The halcyon days 312 Chapter 27 Southern Rhodesia joins the jet age 325 Chapter 28 The Royal Rhodesian Air Force 337 Chapter 29 The Old Lion’s sharpest claw 354 Chapter 30 Emergency in Nyasaland 368 Chapter 31 Chaos, misery and death in the Congo 377 Chapter 32 The birth of No 7 Helicopter Squadron 395 Chapter 33 The Rhodesian Air Force goes it alone 410 Chapter 34 Rhodesia goes it alone 421 Chapter 35 Operation Cauldron 439 Chapter 36 A break with royalty 456 Chapter -
Bibliography
BIBLIOGRAPHY MANUSCRIPT AND ARCHIVAL SOURCES Cory Library, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa Ian Smith Papers, Rhodesian Cabinet Memoranda, 1963–1978. Ian Smith Papers, Rhodesian Cabinet Minutes, 1971–1978. BBC Monitoring Archive, Caversham Park, Reading, United Kingdom SE ME 3080-3227—Summary of World Broadcasts, 1969. Bodleian Library, University of Oxford, United Kingdom British Sulphur Corporation, Rhodesia: A Special Survey of the Mining Industry (London, 1972). Commission for the Preservation of Natural and Historical Monuments and Relics, Annual Reports, 1968–1970. Rhodesian Government, Department of Information, Immigration and Tourism, Annual Reports, 1965. Director of the National Archives, Annual Reports, 1970–1976. MSS Afr.s.1482—Papers of the Hon. Edgar Whitehead. MSS Afr.s.2344 —Papers of the Hon. Winston Field. Rhodesian Central Statistical Offce, Monthly Migration and Tourist Statistics, 1975–1977. Rhodesia National Bibliography, 1970–1979. Economic Survey of Rhodesia, 1969–1976. © The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2019 251 D. Kenrick, Decolonisation, Identity and Nation in Rhodesia, 1964–1979, Britain and the World, https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-32698-2 252 BIBLIOGRAPHY PRINTED PRIMARY SOURCES Newspapers and Periodicals Focus on Rhodesia, 1976. The Herald, 1978–1979. New York Times, 1976. Outpost, 1973. Rhodesian Commentary, 1965–1969. The Rhodesia Herald, 1965–1977. Rhodesian History, 1970–1976. Rhodesiana, 1956–1970. MEMOIRS Cocks, C., Fireforce: One Man’s War in the Rhodesian Light Infantry (Johannesburg, Galago 2008). Dupont, C., The Reluctant President (Bulawayo, Books of Rhodesia, 1978). Godwin, P., Mukiwa: A White Boy in Africa (London, Picador 2007). Lemon, D., Never Quite a Soldier (Stroud, Albida Books, 2000). -
Obituary for Rhodesians
1 In Memory of Rhodesians _______________________________________________________________________________ Abel, Lance (aged 67). Husband of Jane after previous marriage to Margaret. 18th June 2010 in Hastings, New Zealand. Abie, Abel. Predeceased by his wife. Father of Allan, Stephen, Bruce and Colleen. 10th June 2014. Ackerman, Kevin Ian. Inyanga, June 2015. Fruit and flower grower. Acornley, Denis. 8th December 2001 in South Africa. Formerly in Kitwe and Salisbury. Adams, John Felix Frederick Calland. 29th February, 1984. UK. Adams, Peter. Husband of Diana. 17th May, 2014, in the UK. Adamson, Iain ‘Ab’. 9th November, 2012. 6RR. Addecott, May (aged 81). Wife of Nigel and mother of Fraser and Douglas. Middlesex, UK, 27th May, 2015. Adshead, David Ralph. 20th May 2015 in High Bickington, UK. BSAP. Agliatta, Sergio. 24th November 2010 in Auckland, New Zealand. Originally came from Italy to build Kariba Dam but stayed as a builder. Aked, Maurice Peter. 28th August 2014 in Kelowra, Canada. BSAP. Akers, Alan Charles (aged 90). Husband of Mary. July 2014 in Ballarat, Victoria, Australia after a bad fall and lung infection. WWII RAF flew Indian Ocean for submarines, surveyed much of the Rhodesian bush, and moved to Australia in 1976. Alderson, Douglas George. 27th May, 1984. Durban, South Africa. Alison, Heather Emily, 17th July 1923 – 7th May 2016, married to Les, mother to Gail, Mark, Lee, Andy, Ali and Kathy, grandmother to Ross, Scott, Lisa, Shireen, Ria and Ayden, great-grandmother to Monica, Emily and Alex, and aunt and friend to many. Formerly from Chinhoyi and Harare. Ann S Alistair, Duncan ‘Ali’. Brother and Brother-in-law of Chris and Christine Collins. -
Armies of Africa?: the British Military Advisory And
THE ‘NEW MODEL’ ARMIES OF AFRICA?: THE BRITISH MILITARY ADVISORY AND TRAINING TEAM AND THE CREATION OF THE ZIMBABWE NATIONAL ARMY A Dissertation by BLAKE HUMPHREY WHITAKER Submitted to the Office of Graduate and Professional Studies of Texas A&M University in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY Chair of Committee, R.J.Q Adams Committee Members, Arnold Krammer Larry Yarak D. Bruce Dickson Head of Department, David Vaught May 2014 Major Subject: History Copyright 2014 Blake Humphrey Whitaker ABSTRACT The British Army provided military assistance missions for friendly nations throughout the 20th century. The majority deployed to Africa during the decolonization process. By 1980 London had thirty-five years of institutional knowledge on how to train armies in newly independent nations. Most notably in Kenya and Zambia, where the transition to independence was fraught with racial and economic difficulties. In 1979, after the conclusion of the Lancaster House Conference the British government was called upon to provide newly independent Zimbabwe with military training assistance. The British Military Advisory and Training Team helped combine three former belligerent armies into the Zimbabwe National Army. London intended to create a military force that reflected Britain’s own army and maintained a distance from domestic politics while serving as a bastion for Western military values and interests. While the British had both Kenya and Zambia to draw from as models, policymakers in London overestimated the cache of British power in a changing world. Rather than facilitating an effective transition to representative government in Zimbabwe, the British enabled the creation of a one-party state under Robert Mugabe. -
BZS Zimbabwe Review Nov15 Final
Zimbabwe Review Issue 15/4 November 2015 ISSN 1362-3168 The journal of the Britain Zimbabwe Society In this issue ... 1 Chenjerai Hove: obituaries and two poems ........................................................................... Page 2 2 Freedom Nyamubaya obituaries and two poems ....................................................................... Page 4 3 Political commitment in the writings of Chenjerai Hove and Freedom Nyamubaya ............. Page 7 4 Of fading parks, street raids and daily struggle to survive in Zimbabwe ............................... Page 10 5 The making of ‘Remaking Mutirikwi’ ...................................................................................... Page 11 6 Guy Clutton-Brock – hero of Zimbabwe ................................................................................. Page 12 7 New Books from and about Zimbabwe .................................................................................... Page 13 8 Zimbabwe Health Training Support ........................................................................................ Page 14 9 Report of BZS AGM, Zephaniah Phiri .................................................................................... Page 15 Chenjerai Hove and Freedom Nyamubaya This issue of the Zimbabwe Review is largely dedicated to the memory of two great Zimbabwean writers who both sadly died earlier this year, and who will be hugely missed both within and outside their country. Freedom Nyamubaya: this photograph Chenjerai Hove addressing the 2013 BZS Research -
Selous Scouts: Rhodesian Counter-Insurgency Specialists
2 Also by Peter Baxter: Rhodesia: Last Outpost of the British Empire France in Centrafrique (Africa@War Vol 2) eBook edition 2012 Co-published in 2011 by: Helion & Company Limited 26 Willow Road Solihull West Midlands B91 1UE England Tel. 0121 705 3393 Fax 0121 711 4075 Email: [email protected] Website: www.helion.co.uk and 30° South Publishers (Pty) Ltd. 16 Ivy Road Pinetown 3610 South Africa Email: [email protected] Website: www.30degreessouth.co.za Text © Peter Baxter, 2011 Designed & typeset by 30° South Publishers (Pty) Ltd., South Africa Cover design by 30° South Publishers (Pty) Ltd., South Africa Printed by Henry Ling Limited, Dorchester, Dorset, UK ISBN 978-1-907677-38-0 eBook ISBN 9781908916020 British Library Cataloguing-in-Publication Data A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored, manipulated in any retrieval system, or transmitted in any mechanical, electronic form or by any other means, without the prior written authority of the publishers, except for short extracts in media reviews. Any person who engages in any unauthorized activity in relation to this publication shall be liable to criminal prosecution and claims for civil and criminal damages. 3 4 CONTENTS Glossary and abbreviations Foreword Prelude: A brief history of war in Rhodesia Chapter One: The formation of the Selous Scouts Chapter Two: Operations commence Chapter Three: External operations—terrorizing the terrorists Chapter Four: Intelligence and the -
Brian Oliver
© University of the West of England Do not reproduce or redistribute in part or whole without seeking prior permission from the Rhodesian Forces oral history project coordinators at UWE Brian Oliver Brought up in Malaya and Scotland. Was at school in Scotland and then went to school in England from 1938, where he stayed until 1943. Joined the Army in around 1942. Left the Indian Army in 1947. Shortly afterwards, travelled out to Rhodesia to work as a clerk. Later worked in the Prime Minister's office (where he met Averil). Joined the BSAP Reserve in 1963 until 1972. Then moved to military intelligence work with the Army. Brian and Averil left Zimbabwe for the UK in 1982. It’s 9 May 2008, I’m Dr Sue Onslow, Research Fellow at the Department of History at the University of the West of England and I’m interviewing Mr Brian Oliver in North Cerney. Mr Oliver, thank you very much indeed for agreeing to be interviewed. I wonder if you could tell me, please, why did you decide to emigrate to Rhodesia? Not much choice really. I came out of the Indian army in 1947 and there were very few jobs which attracted me in England at the time. People who’d been away who were older than me and had come out of the army earlier, or the forces earlier, they had gone back to their old jobs. Such new jobs as there were had been snapped up by others. Also I didn’t like England very much: it was a miserable sort of place. -
White Discourse in Post-Independence Zimbabwean Literature
RORY McCLELLAND. MASTER OF ARTS (Literary Studies). DISSERTATION COMPONENT. SUPERVISOR: PROFESSOR ANDRE P. BRINK. WHITE DISCOURSE IN POST-INDEPENDENCE ZIMBABWEAN LITERATURE. UniversitySubmitted in accordance of Cape with Town the requirements for The Degree of Master of Arts (Literary Studies) at the University of Cape Town. 1993. The copyright of this thesis vests in the author. No quotation from it or information derived from it is to be published without full acknowledgement of the source. The thesis is to be used for private study or non- commercial research purposes only. Published by the University of Cape Town (UCT) in terms of the non-exclusive license granted to UCT by the author. University of Cape Town acknowledgements: I acknowledge the financial assistance of the University of Cape Town Research Fund. The contents of the dissertation, however, do not necessarily reflect the views or opinions of the above institution. I would like to thank Professor A. P. Brink for his efforts in supervising this dissertation, for the invaluable references and for pressuring me to keep to schedule. And I would like to express my gratitude to Dr. Chennells, Irene Staunton, and Betty Finn for their views and ideas. With most particular gratitude to my parents: Liz McClelland for 'allowing herself' to be taken advantage of, dropping everything from her own schedule to arrange meetings, to buy books and to search for material for me; and Bill McClelland for his continued support, financial and otherwise (the contents of the dissertation, however, do not necessarily reflect their views or opinions!!) And grateful thanks to Zipp for showing so much kindness and generosity in allowing me to stay (for so long!) To Chris, Robyn and Fiona, whose tasks involved so much more than proof-reading, a big thank you.