"Curiously, it is hard not to be a little optimistic about the future for Zimbabwe (as nobody at all calls it yet, except in political speeches). The fear is not that there will be mass slaughter of the whites, followed by their flight to South Africa and the collapse of the economy, but that the need to retain white confidence may mean that the blacks are badly disappointed."
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"Ironing the lawn in Salisbury, Rhodesia" The Guardian (9 February 1980)
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Simon Hoggart
Simon Hoggart (26 May 1946 - 5 January, 2014) was a British journalist and broadcaster.
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