Smith's white minority Government.
explains.
Hertwined with the questic Did milit lite' lands are bot on mOst the meet dodoped mira those ith the most tructure of water supply, elec country into "white' and native with the rise Rhodesian Front, this division of land was further strengthened it the Land Tenure Ac 1969. The result was that, given the amal size of the white population, per capita cách had over a lundred times more land that the black.
OIL CO large sectors of the black popule, tion to seck employinent periodically is huge eatene often. periodically.
of cheap labour avidly explaited by both local and inter and sang to most exploited were ericulture abourers who still today receiv CHETOWEVE Furthermore they are classified hated Masters and Servants Ar under th and are thereby dealed the right to strike or to form unions But tbe chormon crisis of the nith regime farced it this yea 1 April Fools Day, to pass t Land Tenure (Amendment) Ac which formally allowed African Bishop Abel Muzorewa, leader of the United African National Council, last week announced that the principle of 'one man, one vote, was not a necessary precondition for talking with Tun Behind many of the manoeuvres of the nationalist factions lies the question of land and its racial division — the better half for the whites, the arid land for the blacks — as JULIUS KARANJA to buy land in the white tarming Scans are in a position to find the the ВПАТ receiving loans from banks!
In spite of the many disputes among them, very little differ ence can be seen in the pros rammes of the varions nationalt guous, so we cannot comment.
with seminars tered Accountants, Association of Ted by Bishor luzorewaj and J. Chinamano e ANCZ (Joshu ice-president) have boen inviter Joth these worthy narionalist to the safety of their pro TV 4990 933 BE SEND TEN ties; for the economy as a whole both talk of backing the For the UANC the ecc SCUILIT should contain the very est our of capitalism and very best out of socialism', while the ANCZ states that 'we are not Communists, we are not capitalIsts, we are simply African'. that only abandoned and unculLivated land will be nationalised: SHIT USES SHOU WHE BAR DC touched", says Chinamano, while want to interfere with big farms* In effect the vast majority of the black masses will remain relegated to the existing Tribal Trust and African Purchase Lands where, it in envisaged, communal ownership will be transformed into private ownership of land distribution of land the natsonal crion of black ownership large farms ment Fund must been seeri. will provide the necessary capita IDE ISIDORE & SOOR DELI black area where it will develop to t future bourgooisic, dependent on and ambi- mperialism don or sell their land, its prime function (as was the similar fund in Kenya in che 1960g) is = Union political one For the agricultural workers the rospect Chiwandaka has already warned that wars call lead to en ployment. Thus the Nkomo's that has cause of the extreme poverty o he masses remains unchallen ed.
is the UANC Draft Statemen of Basic Policy puts it: "The righ of all persons to access to land on sented for he tame beine as pre lines will remain the mechanism The recent farmers union we don't Instead of a repetty bourgeoisic into ar *hises who either abatgood.
BISHOP MUZOREWA CATHOUT Somalist:
historically been reached soon.
WYCL and that the shall be main socia the hoped for plans put into practice easily.
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