"No one in Southern Rhodesia need be afraid that what has happened in the Congo could possibly happen here." So said Southern Rhodesia's Prime Minister Sir Edgar Whitehead at the height of the Congo crisis. Whitehead was no prophet.
Last week, riots left eleven Africans dead in Bulawayo, the second largest city in Southern Rhodesia.
The trouble began in the capital city of Salisbury. Swooping down on the offices of the African National Democratic Party, Whitehead's security police raided the party's files, later arrested three of the party's top leaders. Explained Whitehead: "The policies of the N.D.P. are blatantly militant and...