ZIMBABWE RHODESIA: Demanding the Impossible

Mugabe names a Cabinet and some ambitious goals

"Why are you asking so much from my poor little Zimbabwe?" chuckled Robert Mugabe in response to one reporter's knotty question about his future government. Indeed, almost every one seemed to be seeking what once might have been considered the impossible from the Prime Minister: that he satisfy black aspirations, retain white confidence and keep the peace. Yet last week the former revolutionary leader was succeeding at those tasks far beyond anyone's expectations. Said Bernard Miller, white editor of the monthly Rhodesian Farmer: "We were all wrong about him. Everyone's got...

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