NAME: Robert Gabriel Mugabe POSITION: President, National Union (ZANU) AGE: 55 carpenter.
EDUCATION:
university degrees college in three-month Describes himself Marxist.
Socialist Challenge 6 March 1980 Zimbabwe PLACE OF BIRTH: Kutama, Southern Rhodesia FAMILY HISTORY: father was a village primary education in mission schools; further education in South African college. Holder of a string of collected by correspondence courses while in POLITICAL HISTORY: joined Youth League of the South African National Congress when at South Africa; joined the Southern Rhodesian National Democratic Party in 1960, becoming publicity director the same When the NDP was banned he became publicity director of the successor party, the Zimbabwe African Peoples Union (ZAPU). Placed under a restriction order Suspended from ZAPU in 1963, helped to form ZANU the same year. Jailed from 1964-74 PERSONAL DETAILS: enjoys sport, traditional Zimbabwean music and the singing of Bing Crosby, Elvis Presley and Pat Boone.
African secondary year.
1962.
as 'a Maoist-oriented ON AIMS:
THE first objective of our armed *Sfruggie is, the attainment of total at independence so rule ourselves as we deem fit and develop our country in the general interests of the masses.
This means we completely reject and would • l1CYCi entertain discussion whatsoever which seeks to preserve the interests or privileges of a minority.
September 1977 The people of Zimbabwe took up arms to undemocratic, racial, political order.
The people of Zimbabwe, under the leadership of ZANU have always been clear as the identity nature of the enemy.
Our people have understood that the colonialism, which held us under the yoke of racism, exploitation oppression.
ZANU took up arms in pursuit of form or injustice with anothere principles, not to replace one enemy of the people of Zimbabwe is not and never has been the peoplez Dur enemies are Zimbabwean whites.
January 1980 WE would like to establish a socioeconomic system which is based on Marxism-Leninism: When we say that we don't mean we are going to impose that system We are going to derive authority from it from the people and if the people accept our party naturaily they would have accepted our principles We adopted, as a party, scientific socialism as far back as 1973. So, this is the basis on which we would like to operate politically economically.
IF we are poor together, then that's few : September 1978 we can On policies:
everything. any Land individuals, It has always an uniust and and and always CICHL and of money leaving being accountants.
The quickly as possible.
THE racial.
_between for coloureds.
on a non-racial basis.
DOLICLY
almost acceptable. But if we are poor because individuals rich then obviously I can't accept that system.
YOU can't start off by nationalising You have to take into account the realities of the situation.
However the genuine policy would be one of socialising industry.
In respect of agriculture we have no difficulty because our tradițional system is identical with the MarxistLeninst approach: at least in so far as ownership of land is concerned.
never belonged neither did it belong to the chiefs as in West Africa.
belonged to the people as a whole. We must get back to that traditional position.
THE banking system is a very vital sector which must receive immediate attention from the covernment If you are not in control of your money, by centralising the control, then you might very well run the risk the country and sabotaged by bankers and would seize the banks as present education system is you nave scroos wricn are intended for whites, and there is a system for blacks, another system in We will not be content with position where these schools will be exclusive mev have all to be placed on a par, admission to them must be We must establish a non-racial WE have to bring about a position Never part of the country can boast of a clinic, each village boast of a dispensary and each region boast of a good hospital. On civil liber I WOULD like to see a c enshrining the usual lib liberties, freedom of speec of religion, freedom of irr the right of people to assen wish.
But you cannot at the s you are enshrining the ci 'also enshrine privileges t LUCCLICHO . communities.
would cut principle of non-racialisn would like to see cut across and all our socio-economi So cannot have minorities MORALITY is morality; remains a murderer whet a socialist or capitalist sys But the forms of puni might differ and Louise. therefore have to consider of punishment as you fet effective.
What is lacking in the p system is the corrective as! been to prison and I obtains — a punitive syste But have got people, to reform them, s acquire better habits, acqu attitude to life.
I am not one of those
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WHY was this war necessary?