Mugabe and Zimbabwe: 50 years of struggle 

So sad to think this was the paradise I grew up in. Flying on charter planes to Mutare. My kids are amazed when I tell them about my childhood. Tennis court, swimming pool, in my yard , drive in movies. They are just shocked this is what I grew up with. This is heartbreaking. Its like loosing your whole history..my beautiful Zimbabwe!! What a place to born...!!and grow up in. Most educated Africans in the world.

Why don't also include the fact that the British government did not also honor their Lancaster House Conference agreement...

The man who ran a rich beautiful country into the ground.

4:040 seriously taken aback thinking that was Queen Elizabeth.

If you could go to Zim now,you would weep.

Those farm lands which were taken away by force, were they prosperous or ever the same after?

over a million zimbabwe refugees in south africa......... success

A man who became a byword for squalor, incompetence and cruelty.

Thank you Channel 4 news for keeping the records and history for us toddler young ones to also understand where it began

Very informative indeed.

Mugabe had the bread basket of African given to him .. now he turned it into a toilet .. he tried to destroy Rhodesia.. now he destroyed Zimbabwe all by himself... no brainer 😁😁

Mugabi greatly believed in strong socialist principals ( quote) , he did just that!... by lining his own pocket with billions of dollars over the next 50 yrs.

Watching this documentary in 2020 it's clear that all that Zanu Pf has known is violence. So sad.

Gee, we all know how this turned out , I hope the Uk is happy with it

Zimbabwe must just live as 1 people. Let us have unity, regardless of Religion, Race, tribalism, Colour beyond authority From God. Please let's unite and be 1. Imagine if England and Germany considered Hitler way of brutality. Do you think they would be unity. Let's work together as 1.

Two wrongs won't make a right.I feel that if we all forgive one another God will heal our land.All Zimbabweans regardless of colour let's come back home and build our nation.My faith is based not in politics but in the almighty God.

Swapping out one set of elite who were succesful at running a country, for another set of elite who were appalling bad. Well done! That worked well for you.

I won’t shed a tear for Mugabe

How to take a country down the drain.

The butcher of Matabeleland is now the president.

Maybe Rhodesia wasn't so bad...

So, the question is, is anybody finally going to learn a lesson from this? Somehow I think not.

Thanks for the documentary PBS. I send my warm greetings to Zimbabweans and the British people in their midst. I congratulate you on your Independence. Kudos to all Political Gladiators and the Collional Masters that made this a reality, which includes Mugabe. I emphatize with the farmers that were affected and commend them for being innovative despite the disadvantaged situation before them. Let's learn to encourage and provide an enabling environment for the migrants amongst us. While, I implore the migrants and diplomats to work one on one with the existing authority to ensure that the people enjoy the dividends of democracy. I implore Mugabe and African leaders to release lands that were legally purchased by the Whites amongst us. I believe there is hope for Zimbabweans. Lastly, Africa leaders should always know when to retire. Leave, when the ovation is high. The Almighty God will give us the wisdom to lead aright and the grace to respect one another.

What an amazing, courageous, incredible life that Lindsay Hoyle has led!!! I am so amazed by her steadfastness, her bravery and her clear commentary, ever unwavering through decades of covering Zimbabwe. The people of Zimbabwe are so patient, I really hope their leaders stop betraying them!

I'm not altogether convinced that this man did anything good for his people, what he was good at was stealing millions of dollars into his Swiss bank accounts while his own people starved, not a saviour or a decent person.

Mugabe was brutal

All comments here point out to one thing that Mugabe fought very hard not for the benefit of the people of Zimbabwe but all to his own advantage. Watching from top of the Sand dunes of Malindi Kenya.

Rhodesians never die

Leadership is not sexually transmitted

I lived in South Africa and you can see how every country follows suite, to the point where racism rules again. The new governments are as racist as the previous, because the media supports it. Anyone who thinks they are part of a race is a racist. In the end, it's just a tan. What matters are ideas.

Journalism is important in countries where documenting may be considered illegal

The Brit South Africa Police Regimental Association ("BSAPRA") has ten Associations around the World. The Associations are under a College if Delegates

Absolute power corrupt absolutely

It is a tragedy how Mugabe's rule turned out. No country in Africa began its independence with more promise than Zimbabwe.

in regards to the new pm, 'he has shown us love, he has shown us development'

Mugabe lived up to the quote "either you die a hero or live long enough to see yourself become a villain"

Forgiveness is the key to a better future

Thank god he's gone.He well and truly stuffed up a good country

Zimbabwe is doing just fine well done sir Mugabe for not falling the black hole that South Africa is in but even South Africa have had enough now soon they will take their land back

Well, at least they got an awesome Bob Marley show..

After watching this I'm realizing that the communists don't expect us to terrorize them back. Let's do that.

"We learned colonial oppression from you [the British!]" Freudian slip

During our background, l will support Joshua Nkomo as he said that we don't want violence in Zimbabwe.Furthermore,we need peace in Zimbabwe,not to take an advantage that someone who is poor or not.l am happy when l saw Robert Mugabe celebrating for our Independence during 18 April 1980

Mugabe`s Birthday celebration costed us.

Mugabe leaves on as his scars in zim are still there

This is what 1 man 1 votes gets you. Remember that.

In the second half of his rule this guy went mad..RIH Bob u messed up a great country n millions of lives.

@26:25 it was a near miss...

That dog was so saf

Nkomo spoke passionately against violence

Please correct me if m wrong the Gukurahundi could've been necessitated by the white farmers in the matebeleland

Thank Lindsey, we miss you here in Zim

Contrary to popular belief, Rhodesia didn't actually have racist laws, but what was called "qualified franchise", in which you had to have a basic education in order to vote. Most blacks did not qualify but the Rhodesian government struggled to educate them, even setting up affirmative action for blacks in universities. This was to prevent people like Mugabe from getting elected by an uneducated, superstitious, tribalist majority who quite frankly hated others of different tribes.

Heartbreak seeing that lady watch zim govt destroy her house ,despicable

Can someone please tell me what had happened with Grace and Gabriella model case?

liberation comes at a cost and as African's, we should be focus and peasant. we should learn to toil hard, be proud and love our own people. that is the only way forward.

The land issue must be addressed once and for all we need to return to production

The truth is, Rhodes and Lobangula (Son of Mzilikazi) were friends and it was Rhodes that PERSUADED Lobangula a Ndebele to stop hunting the shona in mashonaland. Rhodes was a builder who build Rhodesia then Mugabe came along and broke it down again. There was never hatred in Rhodesia between white and black but there was always tension between the shona and Ndebele and as a policeman in the early days many times attended scenes of conflict between the two tribes. Nkomo himself admits that he made the mistake of taking sides with Mugabe. Nguruhundi was going to come to revenge the earlier days (before the whites came) of the Ndebebele slaughter of the Shona tribe. I was in attendance at the Mtumbane when the forces Zipra and Zanla were housed in Bulawayo after the war and even then the hatred of each other continued and they fought each other violently. Why do some people hide the true facts from our children. All the white man did was come to Rhodesia to try and find peace and build a beautiful first world country for All Rhodesian's to prosper from. People had jobs, education and a wonderful lifestyle and NOW there nothing left. 99.9 % of whites grew up with blacks and were keen to see change where all were equal in standard and yes we should have done this earlier than we did, but still I have wonderful black friends in high places in Zimbabwe who all agree it was better for them and their families under Rhodesian rule that it was under Mugabe's Zimbabwe rule which may I add was in power three times longer than Smiths Regime. God Bless Zimbabwe that they may now see logic, stop blaming colonialists, introduce a young educated youth to take over and use the vast skills past and present to rebuild the breadbasket it once was. Nkosi Sikele Afrika

In 45 minutes they never talk Economics? How?

4.29 that looks like Perrence Shiri and Constantine Chiwenga there..

Baba Nkomo..your Nation has a platform again,you had faith in us ,you were correct.It took 37 bloody years But..repose and watch them that lived while you died.Thank you for all you gave,it stays with us,it feeds us,it feeds Zimbabwe.11/24/2017.Hindsight..I LOOK AT MUGABE IN THIS RECORDING AND WISH I WAS A SANGOMA ,if only we could tell what the morning has for us at 1 past 12...MUGABE BUTCHERED not only ZIM but southern Africa..remember XENOPHOBIA in SOUTH AFRICA

The most educated President in the World-7 degrees

Primitive tribal cultures regained their country. The whites built cities, industry, and infrastructure then handed over the keys to the kingdom to the native cultures. Angola, Congo, Rhodesia, Kenya, South Africa, Niger. All the same story. Let us all behold what the native cultures have done to the modern prosperous kingdoms that were given to them. The story of the golden goose applies in every case.

I saw my granddad at 6.15 standing next his best friend, Joshua Nkomo

well documented

50 years of Struggle Keep Struggling!

and years on we begging them to come back

4:06 YOUR MAJESTY

People can say whatever they want to but Sir President Mugabe is the best this video can never distroy the which of our leaders we are back and happy God kept us here so this video can't distroy blacks

Thanks bob Marley for the love, struggle and liberation of Zimbabwe.

It's a shame a struggle

I wonder how they are getting on? 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

he criticizes white people but he certainly worked at getting WHITE education..............

#ZimbabweanLivesMatter

What should young Zimbabwe ppl be thinking about great British lady

it's good to hand both sides like Zimbabwe

Is that a journalist or a pusher of an agenda!?

4:03 Is that the queen of ENGERLUND?

THAT'S WHY AFRICAN LEADERS SHOULD BE WISE,AND VERY CAREFUL IN WHATSOEVER,THEY'RE SIGNING ☝ CALL DEVELOPMENT.

Hard.with struggle in.Zimbqbwe

All the hopes evaporated like a snow under the scourge of the sub, liberators in Africa always turn against their citizens

The white farmer cries out in pain as he strikes you! He complains about being kicked out of multiple non white ancestral homelands.....but he never says why.....

15:08 - listen to his words, because this is what it always is, sheep just cant see it.

How is Zimbabwe doing now?

Strong black man. Much love from Ethiopia. Its really disgusting what they do to Africa

Well there is a lot of abandonment farms in former east East Germany, I firmly believed those Farmers would receive a warm welcome by the remaining German population, while African migrants can move to Zimbabwe to enjoy there culture an freedom in an independent African Nation 🤗

"The only person recorded as saying 'de-feat' is marvellous is Robert Mugabe's chiropodist !'

voice kana kymbochinja

Mugabe couldn’t win his geurilla war even with the odds in his favour, his power was bestowed by the international community. What did he do after getting the power he wanted, he enriched himself and his coterie and starved the country. Not near an ideal model which the international community expected from him.

November 2017 will forever be known as the month the military used us to further their political ambitions

We just changed the revolution to another black & white tv he was fluent in his speech more than the interviwer

Sick

He was so Anit-British, but at the same time he spoke English with a British accent.

I keep watching the stories about Africa. A population that would not be possible without the innovation of "colonizers " . Food became abundant and the standard of living was raised . The " native population " grew to the point of starvation. Then the jealousy and racism swells until murder becomes common . These people would rather have nothing than see anyone else with more . Pathetic !

England and Prince Charles, should go to visit Zimbabwe as they did a few years ago to suport Robert Mugabe. Why England does not gave Independence to Scotland?

I just wonder what would be the case if only Tony Blair had not said no to the compensation for land. Don't think that was a big ask from Mugabe.....!!

the 5th brigade were trained by north korea

In addition to that Mugabe was protected by the MI6. The Rhodesians never got him caught because he always got a warning close before a charge.

How I wish he used his energy towards building and maintaining the country in order not wasting time repeating stupid things

How many honorary doctorates did American universities confer on Mugabe? It must have been at least a dozen. Have any been taken back ? Few, I’ll bet.