Rhodies at the Zambezi River Bar
Remember When Duncan Clarke Contents About the Author The heat coming off the Zambezi and in the valley that October evening was the sort that clung to the skin like…
Rhodesia to Redemption: The Measure of a Man and a Nation
By Will Keys There are two ways to tell the story of Rhodesia. One is the official version: a colonial frontier that overreached, a settler republic that refused to bow…
Older, No Wiser
Britain’s Political ‘Establishment’ Hannes Wessels, It with some bemusement I read recently, in an article written by Professor Michael Evans who lectures at the Australian Defence College, of the panic…
The British Plan To Invade Rhodesia.
Hannes Wessels, Recently, a friend sent me some information that brought back memories of tumultuous events fifty years ago. Living in the town then known as Umtali, I was ten…
A Lion Called ‘Blondie.’
Hannes Wessels, It was with dismay I read a recent report in ‘The Times of London’ about the recent killing in western Zimbabwe of a lion named ‘Blondie.’ Reading about…
The Sadness Of Being Right.
Hannes Wessels On the 18th April it was the 45th anniversary of Zimbabwe’s independence and a time for reflection. The response from millions of impoverished people was a desultory one…
Fishing with Leon ‘Dog’ Varley.
By Paul Connolly.* For a long time the two good friends did not speak to each other, but the incident has been forgotten and now they’re in irregular communication. Even…
African-American Delusions
Will Keys I am an ex-Rhodesian, now an Australian, retired, living contentedly in Queensland. I have reasonable health; happily married; proud of my children, and financially secure. My curiosity with…
Britain To The Fore!
Hannes Wessels, Recently, more information has come into the public domain about the British plans to intervene militarily in order to bring the ‘Rebel Rhodesian’ government to heel in the…
NOW…HERE IS A THING
Nigel Henson Greetings All, Allow me to introduce myself…Nigel Henson is the name I am usually called by…as is common, I have been known by many others, not all flettering,…