Zimbabwe | Robert Mugabe | Mugabe's Gamble |1981 

it really isn't. It was predicted, step by step. Ian Smith, for his faults, was right about literally everything

It realistically is no rocket science. The west vowed to see it through.Yhey were almost believing that they and only they owned Zim abwe,so if they can't have her, mrather they would destroy her through sanctions

@@frogfinance4605 which were the faults of Ian Smith ?

@@juliomiguel6597 bending to the will of the hardliners who wanted absolutely no change and not pressing the SA government hard enough on their bs.

@@frogfinance4605 well I don't think the rise of Mugabe had any thing to do with white hardliners. The only hardliner here who got away with his extremism was Mugabe, a terrorist who killed thousands of blacks ( he also killed whites of course ) because most blacks supported Ian Smith, and this conflicted with the narrative of the white colonialist and racist who kept the blacks poor and ignorant in order to oppress them. All to the contrary, Ian Smith had to keep giving up to international blackmail ( sanctions ), specially from UK and US, and pressures from SA, on which it was dependent on security and other items. The last to steps were sharing the government with blacks, who he always sustained were not apt yet for the task, and he proved correct, and then through the Lancaster House Agreement, holding new elections where the Patriotic Front ( that is, the terrorists headed by Nkomo and Mugabe ) would participate. The Agreement stipulated that any party who resorted to intimidation would be suspended for participation in the elections, but this was to no effect, Mugabe won the elections through indulging in wild terrorism to intimidate the black population into voting for him ( and not for Smith ) and the British ( who had retaken the government of the country for the period of elections ), betraying for the umpteenth time their agreements with Smith, accepted it and left the country leaving Mugabe in power ( for its utterly destruction ). Smith tried to always do what was better for Rhodesia, and that is why he had to step down from the premiership, leaving a marvelous country in spite of 15 years of international sanctions. Mugabe never cared for Zimbabwe, he only cared for holding power, that is why he kept almost 40 years the head of the government and left a devastated country. But Mugabe is considered by many a hero, and Ian Smith a racist colonialist.

Lol it’s dead.

Mugabe was GUSHUNGO! He liberated Zimbabwe from the vile imperialists.

​@@ancupola1994 lol anything but admitting the reality around yoy

We rather live free under poverty than under servitude and white oppression

Wakanda forever

Booooooooooo

Were you also involved in the mass killing of Black People,,,,, and tell me,,,Where you born in Africa

@@simbarasheapostle9042 and how many people did he kill

Wow are you still in Zimbabwe

Mugabe was an asshole, but I'm glad someone here isn't just trashing the guy just because. Most of the comments here just make me lose faith in humanity tbh

Very fair assessment. Not common these days.

The Problem is he tried to be fair 😂😂😂, should have bought to justice all the whites who killed people, war crimes should have been investigated , should have changed the launguage of instruction to Shona

You can see in this video he's beginning to get drunk on power and admiration, which I think is what did him in. Here he is, prime minister, going back to the guerillas and seeing how much they revere him, basically worship him. I think after a few years it set in that he could do anything he wanted and get away with it, so could his followers... so, they did.

@@Awakeningspirit20 this video is honestly a revelation to me, previously I thought he only became mad with power during the late 80s-early 90s amid tension with south africa and unrest over land reform. But this piece shows that those were merely the last straw, he already have those mad power ambition since the beginning. He just hid it away until there's enough justifications to act on it.

many questions indeed for example;the roots of the inevitable armed insurrection frm former guerilla colleagues who refused disarmament which eventually led to Gukurahundi period! very insightful documentary.

He was an idiot, the greatest mistake to happen to Zimbabwe. Ironically he was toppled by his own party.

@@tinoendakure658 he was one of the greatest African leader. He knew how to kick ass

@@sicelo9033 He knew how to make a corrupt dictatorship and betray the people of Zimbabwe for his own personal benefit. If a free democracy had formed instead, free from dictators and racism, Zimbabwe wouldn't be the shithole it is today.

@@sicelo9033 I think you mean he knew how to KISS ass. Particularly, Chinese.

@@justincase4892 nope I said it right.

And how the fk would you know?

Rhodesia was jst a racist nazi paradise

Effects of the freezing weather 😂. Makes you guys abusive, sad, and depressed lol.

@@roddymcniven8734 and how the fk you don't know ?

They knew it would go down the tube

The pilot's were probably thrown out after the cameras left.

LONG LIVE MUGABE

@@AccountAccount-pn5hz you must have been one of the one's who got free firewood before his election.

@@Adrian-ju7cm You must be one of those whose mum dropped him on the ground when he was a baby and hence why you right stupid comments like that

@@AccountAccount-pn5hz you need psychological help.

Bread basket of Europeans you were trying to say?

@@slb7429 Black people had the highest living standards of all of Africa in Rhodesia. In all of Africa, let that sink in. It was one of the richest and well of countries. Mugabe fucked it up and sold out his nation to China and the ussr. A great nation was lost in 1980

​@@slb7429 yeah and now they just import food from anywhere and barely export anything

for what it's worth, and from what my research has shown me, the majority of the people there hated him from before he gained power. They were intimidated, often at gunpoint into allowing it happen. As much as I miss the good days, I can't blame them, even if I should.

Was their choice

The Lord is my Shepherd.

Right

@Nimrod Mugabe didn't succeed in any way other than ruining his nation via hyper-inflation and famine.

I don't know how people like you can't just think past what you hear from the media and use common sense.

PorckChopz Mugabe did not fail, he went a distance further, we will take it from here and move forward thank you. It took centuries for the west to be were they are now, so we are prepared to find our own way to prosperity.

Prometheus Chiwara if taking a step forward means taking a step into the shitter of poverty, inflation, and famine then okay my dude

@@purothadamaja , why then do we have thousands upon thousands of zimbabweans here in botswana, who are harassed everyday by police because they have crossed illegaly, they stay in farms as non paid securityguards, they stay in houses with no running water, electricity and can only work as very cheap labour, that man failed miserably and he died a sad man according to his family relatives,

Fuck u

Sekuru kafera

when he died the news correspordent was tallking in the streets they were all black people just like london

Scooby Doo busht, what solutions? foreign fear?

@morton christie the fear of other blacks is amakwerekwere

You mean south Africa run by a corrupt socialist party that cant even keep the lights on?

Tsvina

Hallo

BLACK STARR mugabe starved a bunch of people and got rich off the back of Africans living in luxury. He literally died in Singapore! And he is a dictator.

@@dreadhead5719 Hard to believe anyone could be that stupid. I guess you're just a racist fascist who loved to see the invaders kill innocent Africans

Mugabe didn't kill enough of his own.

@dude man and he shit in more of his own black peoples mouths and then sucked it back out their arses and then ahd them murdered for stealing his shit in the first place... ut he is burning in hell with his arch enemy mandela, fighting for the spot next to satan

I do too, and I think a lot of people don't understand

@WolraadWoltemade 1652 aAfter Mugabe got into power some people were dissatisfied so they broke away and became dissident, the government tried to engage without success, and the dissidents did some atrocities that the government had to sqaush, if Nkomo had been president he would have done the same thing

Zim flame please talk about factual things that you can back up. Not things you saw on a documentary. This is just someone’s interpretation of the current events back then.

@@tanakatshuma4154 explain yo opinion or facts

Any reasonable President be it in the US will quash any dissent. However, Mugabe's reaction was too hash. He used a jack hammer to squash a mosquito, lm sure a rubber hammer wld have done the job

You are soo funny

And what a disaster that was

probably not for long

Oh they were killed within the next few years for sure. Once Mugabe couldn't fix anything they had to put all the blame back on white people. Same as south africa still blaming white people even though the Marxists in charge have had power the past 30 years.

@@Jarmint you make it seem like people were kicked out of the country. They ran away. Only farmers were kicked off their farms 20 years after this video when Tony Blair and the Labour Party reneged on an agreement between Thatcher's Conservative government in 1979 at the Lancaster House Conference. The agreement was for the British government to pay the farmers for the land and give it back to the the state. The argument being that the Matabele had given away land to the British South Africa Company that wasn't theirs

When you subjugate 6 million people into a system of service for 1million others you can pretend that services were better. I'm assuming you didn't include the keeps and reserves in your summary of healthcare and road condition. When people like you speak I wonder how white men rule the world.

And when people like you who take only the information of one biased side into account and then use them in your statements it makes it perfectly clear how you were able to destroy such a successful and beautiful nation.

LOL. Instead of identifying the actual bias and errors you speak in vague "people like you" isms. Miss me with that buffoonery mate. Feel free to elaborate which part of the point I made was inaccurate.

+vdotme LOL indeed. Nice non specific reply. The simple visual facts of economy and stability then and now prove the idiocy of your theories. But, please do continue.

NZ Patriot I didn't propose a theory. I gave a fact. But I see these levels are not worth my time.

Yes, cz the matebele killed white farmers as an act of disobedience to Mugabe. Go against them they will turn a blind eye. Ask Ian smith

Its your oppinion my man, but just by statistics, Zimbabwe was a great mistake and his leadership a failure

@@nono-kr7um it's your opinion too

I greatly appreciate all the positives&gud things he did for his country

In all honesty, I don't live there, so you may just be right with that

And how has that independence shaped the country ? From food basket to basket case in a jiffy...

Bread basket to empty worn out carrying bag

Likely both, given that wealth was concentrated in a white elite beforehand and a white and black elite afterwards.

​@@seanolaocha940 No one was starving in Rhodesia unless they wanted to. Take your revisionist BS elswhere.

i mean if you want to starve to death and be killed by a brutal government rather than be in a stable nation, with food supplies enough to export and have a just system....

What did Zimbabwe use for light before using candles.... electricity! Rhodesians never die!

Tell that to Botswana

Lol

🤡🤡💩💩💩

What are you talking about. Didn't you watch the documentary? He has been planning his dictatorship from day one. Everyone was too caught up in the euphoria of independence to see what was going on.

My friend he killed josiah tongogra the man who should have been president, our country has been spoiled by this man

James Blake lt is. Joshua Tongagara,

Voetsak Lapalapa Josiah 🙈

So I guess we're just going to ignore the brutal, heinous war crimes and crimes against humanity committed by the fascist Rhodesia apartheid Nazis? I see your game...

@endurogrip xr650r Zimbabwe is not a wasteland, but a product of sanctions that have starved the nation. In Rhodesia, it was the British who were running the show and so whatever prosperity they had was held exclusively for the British, by the British, and not enjoyed at all by the native people of Mother Zimbabwe. This is a fact.

@@hakeemsd70m Glad everything worked out so well for Zimbabwe. Quite the economic and technological superpower these days

@@hakeemsd70m What did Zimbabwe use for lights before candles? Electricity 😁

​@morton christie The sanctions destroyed Rhodesia, then Zimbabwe happened.

Long live Zimbabwe 🇿🇼 Long Live Mugabe

An unfortunate facet of high security prisons in Zimbabwe. (Its to stop you escaping). Lower risk prisoners are allowed one item of top clothing. E.g. shorts OR t-shirt)

mugabe must go

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Well, he's gone now....

You mean Rhodesia?

@@boblobchippymig5697 Zimbabwe 🇿🇼 u moron

A murderous racist despot

Chef Tim kkk

@Be Frank I would've to disagree with you on that....

A lot . He was prevented and sabotaged by whites colonizers . As usual they break your Wings and turn around and accused you for not being able to fly. They smashed your eyes and turn around and accused you for not being able to See. They blackmail and Sanctioned the whole Country and shamelessly Think they're superior . SHAME .

@@alibabakano2971 Ali you talk a lot of nonsense, but surely your focus should be on the well being of the people, today and the fact is that the vast majority of Zimbabweans have nothing in life, what are you going to do to fix that.? You have had a dictator for decades who plundered his people and nation, you can't change the past, you can only learn from it. So focus on the future.... and get Zimbabwe out of its 3rd world status. Give the people something to be proud of, show the whole world what a prosperous nation you can be. You need to focus on comparing your yourself with other african continent countries, not the other nations, they don't pay any attention to you because you have nothing to offer...there are no sanctions or blackmail whoever tells you this is taking advantage of you....

@@Tracertme Zimbabwe remains a great nation shut up and stay out of our affairs

@@AccountAccount-pn5hz clearly you have never travelled to know anything better I appreciate the truth hurts. I am sure there are many good people in Zimbabwe. Mugabe just isn’t one them he has gone down in world history as a dictator who tortured the souls of his nation.

Lol!

Deee Nice cringe

Mugabe may have died, but Rhodesians never die!!!

Haha good luck

Zimbabwe can't even feed its citizens. Enough said.

very sad indeed. the jewel trashed. probably never to be put right.

Arrogance kills personalities

Hope so.

If you do not tell your own story people will not know.

You must understand that the whites have little choice but to be as they are. They have recessive genetics, and their homelands are resource poor. Either they do this or they perish.

580player RH negative gene / African IQ 70 - 80 (>_

IQ. A test created by whites to rate the intelligence of its takers. Tell me how is it that your own nations are buried in tens of trillions of debt? But you guys are supposed to be so much smarter? But even now african children are producing IQ higher than Einstein. Research it for yourself. Educate yourself. Your world is crumbling all around you. Even your IQ fantasy is falling apart. Oh well I guess if you have no more ammo you will be forced to use childish insults. LMAO

Ham. After looking at the debt totals of white nations it is whites that cant manage their own affairs. We don't need or want your help.

Royal Zak so it was the British that wanted to kill whites? The Brit’s that wanted to destroy that country? Stop these conspiracy theories. Mugabe and his gang of racists thugs destroyed Zimbabwe, the voters got what they deserved.

I agree with you to an extent, but please read up on what Malcolm X believed in and his ideology later in his life before you criticize Mugabe. I know for a fact he was well aware and in full agreement of what you said about reconciliation, but the brother had to work with conditions the way he saw best. I can't speak against him since I didn't walk in his shoes in the face of racist demons who wanted his quick demise.

You are right about black and white living in harmony. Racial resentments and human tribalism proves it doesn't work.

Malcolm x before he died believed in reconciliation. He realized that blacks couldn't be successful while isolating themselves from whites the same way whites can't be successful while isolating themselves from us blacks. The problem with Africa isn't the lack of natural resources but the lack of human resources such as skills, and knowledge.

@@BernardBrunu1 whites would be fine.

@@jdlc903 America wouldn't sustain its success without blacks, whites would struggle if they had to rely only on themselves.

David Omach and also a fucked up healthy delivery system, No Electricity and poor water supply. Don’t let me start on the unemployment rate and the poor salaries that the majority of the working class are getting. What a devil

The British gave him "freedom and education" 😃 I strongly recommend a brief history for idiots for you buddy

You are a total idiot dude

What an idiot you are

freedom was not given in this part of the world

you know nothing about our presdent mugabe pliz shut up

@@nadlax5920 Long live Zimbabwe 🇿🇼🇿🇼

@@nadlax5920 No it is not it is a great state Richer than the UK and Greater than other countries

@@AccountAccount-pn5hz 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😲🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

@@TheHistoryGuy1993 Long live Zimbabwe ✊🏿🔥

African Lion eating his own cubs now. He has killed more of people that look like me, than people that look like his jailers.

Mambo..Proof?

+Thandi Rizzi have you heard of Gukurahundi.??Survivors of that massacre are still alive. Why don't you go to Matabeleland and ask them. You Mugabe cheerleaders are so dumb. Thandi...with a name like that you should know. It was people of your tribe. Get a fucking clue.

Thandi Rizzi - Are you serious? Are you even remotely serious??? I am a regular White guy from America, and you will doubtless say that this colors - no pun intended - my judgment, but Mugabe has proven himself one of the nastiest, most selfish, most self-serving, vile tyrants who has ever blighted the face of the earth. I would have applauded him and ZANU, had they actually liberated Zimbabwe and brought in a majority-ruled government that cared for all the people of Zimbabawe - but that is *_not_* what happened. He ended up making himself a BILLIONAIRE by plundering the nation, utterly destroyed the value of the currency to the point where it is more valuable as wallpaper, openly threatens those who deign to vote against ZANU-PF with death (just search for "Vote ZANU-PF and Live" on youtube, and check out what passes for political advertisement in Mugabe's Zimbabwe; it's totally insane!), rewarded all his cronies with farmland he stole from others (for no other reason than the color of the owner's skin) only to then have the land lay fallow while the country that used to be the breadbasket of Africa now has to keep its citizens alive with bananas donated as foreign food aid, ZANU-PF literally just pretends cholera outbreaks aren't happening (this is their health plan), and he slaughters those who would object to all this. He is a failure in every sense of the word, and what makes it even worse is that racists now use his horrid tenure as President as some sort of proof that Blacks are incapable of running their own country, rather than put the blame squarely where it belongs - on one single man and his sick political party.

Thandi. We're the fuck u get that name from bitch go make some coffee for me girl, 😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😀

Only just

Such a nationalist Ruining and corrupting his country Ethnic cleansing of white farmers thus starving his people Yes yes such a great man. May he rot in hell. Corrupt imbecile marxist I bet your a pathetic Marxist as well praising this man like a god.

really