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Fighting Men of Rhodesia ep227 | Steve Blomefield | INTAF
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Australia and NZ and Canada should have stood Up to London and Washington for Rhodesia
Ruzawi was a fantastic school. Going to Ruzawi to play sport was a treat. The grounds were fantastic and the buildings were awesome. I remember having tea after a rugby match in the Dining hall eating the best cakes and treats in the comfort of a roaring fire. Bloody brilliant. I lived in Marandellas and I was lucky enough to be able to fish in the dam on the property. Some amazing bass inside that dam. Yip you were lucky to go to that school.
Hahaha Marandellas High and Sinoia had identical buildings and hostels. We used to stay in Sinoia overnight because it was a long way from Marandellas. We would leave at Lunchtime on Friday and arrive at around 5:00pm. We had a Leyland Tiger school bus (Half Cab) that used to rattle and shake and had a top speed of about 35 miles per hour. Some of the pupils at school did a simulation of start up on the bus. At a speech night entertainment night filled with parents, siblings and pupils. Quite hilarious. The farm kids and parents could understand what was being said snd wet themselves but the town folk never had a bloody clue and sat there none the wiser. There were two rows of seats and a drivers seat portraying the bus seating, each had a pupil in it. It went something like this
“Nkongo-rheyo – Rheyo (start mode) Matinge beche 🤭 (cylinders back firing) gareeeim, gareeeim gareeeim (ldle, the floorboards and windows shaking and the kids and driver would shake in unison with every “Gareeem) 😂😂😂😂😂 I won’t say what the words mean as it is below the belt but seriously it was blinking funny. 😂😂
Hats off to you sir. Wow. If i could leave a thousand likes on this video I would. Thank you for explaining that we can learn from each other. Each side just needed time to learn from one another. Rhodesians came with the technology, science and all the beauties that are associated with industrialisation, that the indigenous people hadn't caught up to (were not going to develop to be honest). We could have learnt that eventually if Rhodesians and the Magandanga were willing to trade..but some people's egos said otherwise. Hence they were offered a great country and they drove it to the ground… I believe in a future where the natives will swallow their useless pride and understand that they need to learn the basics of everything to do with running a country…and work with the old and new Rhodesians to revive the country.
Mr Goeff Labert
Mr Goeff Labert was headmaster at Mt. Pleasant High. When I was a week away from writing my O Level (1971), I was sent to the deputy head “Snow” for not doing homework and was given 2 cuts. The break bell rang just before the caning, I was returning to class when a ‘Prefect’ reported that I was not wearing my hat when outside class, this meant a visit to Lambert’s office. He did not excuse me under the circumstance, being that my hat was in the classroom from which I had been told to leave immediately with a note requesting punishment and to be dealt with.
Lambert had a system that was, any cuts he had given was 2 then 4 then 6 and 6 cuts thereafter regardless of the “infringement”. Well, I was up to 6 from prior cases of being late for start of school, fighting no homework etc. and I refused to bend he told me that if I did not, he would have to “suspend” me for a week. I was adamant that I had a valid reason for not wearing my hat, so I took the suspension; no cuts and he could not do anything more because I was out of school only to write O Level exams. He did have a collection of canes protruding intimidatingly out of an umbrella type stand for all to see.
We will meet again, in Hell, as I am certain that it is our destiny, he with canes, me no hat and certainly no homework.
Always a joy to hear a fellow countryman. Thanks for this makes my day.
Good story however the “Africa will go down “ with black rule ignores a lot factors that came into play, the killing of Lumumba, sabotage by the west for all these African governments can not be ignored at. Even a white government would equally fail under the same circumstances. There is no single country in the world would thrive under those conditions.
What a chronicle of most of our early lives.
That's why rhodesians remain such character's.
Great. Thank you.
Bring on the next episode.
Jolly interesting Bugger…
Very much a normal Rhodesian Boys upbringing… !
Do you still have you Farm…?? 2023…
Cheers 🍻
Extraordinary story of your father founding the most famous shona sculpture society.
Great man ahead of his time.
Your recollection of their names is Extraordinary.
Your narrative of why we fought is on point.
This interview has really hit home for me
Great nostalgia I remember similar things in chipinge when I met a chief and we had to all kneel.
I developed my writing books too so I appreciated you encouraging comment
Can relate to your stories, my Grandfather had a Tobacco farm in the Kenya highlands, he went thru the horrors of the Mau Mau in the early 1950's , he was one of the lucky few that had close calls & lived.
It didn’t happen, here we. I just want to see a black Zimbabwean, second what that Guy is saying. Soon there’s going to be very few of them left. It’s sad to know, that the Harold Wilson and his cohort couldn’t see sense in what Iain Smith was aiming to achieve in Zimbabwe for all races, both on merit with a few biases here and there. For all the years I spent in Rhodesia, I was never subjected to any direct racist encounters on the street by a white person. Rhodesia was not like South Africa. I am glad I was moved to Rhodesia early and got good Primary education there. Proper sanctions were in place, Rhodesia engineering went into overdrive. Nothing was wasted, recycling of paper, overhauling engines, retreading tyres, I can go on. You could safely drink water from a Park or Public Toilet 🚻 too. One man One vote 🗳 was a slogan used by Nationalists, not bad idea, if every voter understands the value of their ballot. “ White voters, they could vote 🗳 if they mate the criteria, one which was , one has to own a rateable property or earn over £600.00 per year. Blacks who owned property were allowed to vote. They didn’t participate because of the fear of being labelled sell outs. Marandellas aka Marondera, “ Mere Estate housing 🏡 for Farm Workers matched those in Cities. Schools around Marandellas, Ruzawi, Peterhouse , Diggleford and Waddilove for the blacks. Remember Holiday Allowance, when you were going on Holiday with a Passport that allowed travel to Malawi 🇲🇼 and South Africa 🇿🇦. Need a British passport, go and get it from Botswana 🇧🇼. 🇬🇧
Mateus Rosé wine. cheers!
Hi Steve, you’ll be happy to hear that Ruzawi School is still one of the finest junior Schools in the Country, if not the best. The traditions haven’t changed, and yes they still have the Polo Bear winter swim & the meals served to pupils are second to none, (not sadza & relish as you said,) The teas served to parents at the many sports events held at the school are also first class. It would be worth your time to visit your old school if you are ever in the area, you’ll be nightly impressed I’m sure.
I could not finish watching this interview, the simplistic, narcissistic, condescending, narrow views of challenges of Africa before and after independence is sickening ,
A wonder why and how the guy who first taught sculpture left the farm, leaving everyone else getting successful.
Congo 1959-onwards. I was kicked off my mine in Bulawayo by people who had worked for me for 20 years
Yes indeed and Manica Beer
We also had the rush from Angola. Also from Congo
Saw a film of him getting off a plane, at the top of steps, he waved his hanky and shout "we Will Crush the whites"