Former white ruler Smith says he is stripped of citizenship
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9 жыл бұрын(28 Mar 2002)
March 27th, 2002
1. Ian Smith, former Rhodesian prime minister, walks out of his house
2. SOUNDBITE: (English) Ian Smith, former Rhodesian Prime Minister:
"Well, it's (referring to his passport) been confiscated. I've been told I've lost my citizenship. This is unacceptable, its quite illegal. I was born in this country 83 years ago, and I have all my life only been a citizen of Rhodesia, and then a Zimbabwe passport. I accept certain countries in the world where if people commit a crime, then the penalty is they lose their citizenship, but I have never committed a crime in my life, and never been charged with a crime. So on what basis have I lost my citizenship."
3. Smith walks away, talks with postman
FILE - March 10th, 2002
4. Various of Smith casting his vote in the 2002 Zimbabwe presidential elections
STORYLINE:
Zimbabwe's last white ruler, former prime minister Ian Smith, has been stripped of his Zimbabwe citizenship and passport by President Robert Mugabe's government.
Smith, 83, the leader of Rhodesia, as Zimbabwe was known before independence in 1980, said authorities in Harare refused to renew his Zimbabwe passport, leaving him stateless.
Smith said officials at the Harare passport office refused to meet with him after informing him his passport was not being renewed ahead of a scheduled trip to Britain and the United States next week.
The son of a Scottish immigrant, he was born in western Zimbabwe and headed the white minority government after his Rhodesia Front party severed ties with Britain, the former colonial power, in 1965.
According to Smith he renounced claims to British citizenship in 1984, but did not renounce again last year under new rules passed by President Robert Mugabe's ruling party banning dual citizenship.
Under the new law, even those who did not possess foreign passports were required to renounce all rights to foreign nationality. By ignoring it, Smith is still entitled to British nationality through his British-born father.
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@bigal640 6 жыл бұрын
He may have lost his "Zimbabwean" citizenship, but he will always be a Rhodesian 💚⚪️
@crazychicSHENA 5 жыл бұрын
A European
@alvinoporter8013 5 жыл бұрын
Big Al No your wrong he not from Africa, he will always be a European!
@alvinoporter8013 5 жыл бұрын
Big Al African are black
@andrewlawson1053 5 жыл бұрын
Zimbabwe is the living nightmare of reality and one that reoccurs daily for the people.
@woodland5325 5 жыл бұрын
@@alvinoporter8013 so by your logic and non white people in Europe are not European - race does not dictate nationality it never has and never will
@joebiernacki7346 6 жыл бұрын
A Black leader has said that if Ian Smith were Black, he would be the greatest Prime Minister in the history of Africa.
@Christian.Knight 6 жыл бұрын
Joe Biernacki he is actually. You can add, hes the only african head of a state that left government leaving a rich independent prosperous nation in the hands of Mugabe who ruined it worse than when he took over.
@camelia9802 6 жыл бұрын
Joe Biernacki - according to Uncle Bob, he hates white faces but was happy enough to be interviewed by a white faced BBC journalist!!
@alvinoporter8013 5 жыл бұрын
Joe Biernacki that is a lie
@austinlee8173 5 жыл бұрын
That was a lied. White people should go and rule their people NOT African.
@jakedorent9450 5 жыл бұрын
@@austinlee8173 Ian Smith was African, he was born in Rhodesia
@thizaman1972 6 жыл бұрын
There cannot be a leader that’s worse than Mugabe, growing up in Rhodesia under Smith was better than Zimbabwe under Mugabe
@garygarison7847 6 жыл бұрын
thizaman1972 do you still live in Rhodesia? Why would anyone stay under communist rule? Also where would you flee to if you could?
@camelia9802 6 жыл бұрын
thizaman1972 - of course and even the indigenous will secretly admit life was better.
@RK-zo9vs 5 жыл бұрын
Your communist government is the devil. Who is shooting who now. Your leaders are shooting their own citizens. Whites are the angels that were sent to save you from yourselves.
@avant-gardemarmalade7605 5 жыл бұрын
@@austinlee8173 lmao shut the fuck up with the "OH MUH SANCTIONS FROM DA EBIL WHITES RUINED US", Rhodesia was under sanctions as soon as it declared independence and it was better that most of the countries in Africa despite this... and they were facing off against mugabe and friend's communist kangz. What excuse does Zimbabwe have to be a shithole after the whites left then?
@andrewlawson1053 5 жыл бұрын
Western sanctions could not cripple Rhodesia, it was whites that made Rhodesia work it was Mugabe who sent it back to the tribal era.
@ekthimios 4 жыл бұрын
Ian Smith was a good politician despite his faults, Mugabe was a classic dictator,didn't care about the country just for his personal wealth and pride like other dictators (J Kenyata, Papa Doc, Indi Dada and many many more)
@charlescharge3301 3 жыл бұрын
@Sonic Phil 😂🤣🤣🤣😂😂🤣sad but true n also funny 🤣😂😂😂😂😂
@CanadianPhinsFan853 2 жыл бұрын
Literally every self governing african nation became a dictatorship or authoritarian genociders. So... whats that say about em?
@ayodejiolowokere1076 2 жыл бұрын
@@CanadianPhinsFan853 why even comment?
@ATIMELINEOFAVIATION 2 жыл бұрын
Does Kenyatta count as a dictator? 🇰🇪
@travelsofmunch1476 2 жыл бұрын
If he was a good politician like De Klerk he would not have created a system which caused him to lose his own citizenship
@jacques7611 4 жыл бұрын
Had the pleasure to meet him at Johannesburg International Airport in 2001 was flying economy. So I got him into the business class lounge and enjoyed a cup of coffee with this mountain of a man. Respect.
@IncredulousIndividual 4 жыл бұрын
That has to be one of the best things I’ve heard in a while
@yani2499 3 жыл бұрын
Great story, mate.............
@charlescharge3301 3 жыл бұрын
Wow you met a legend what an honor
@icmull 2 жыл бұрын
Funny. I met Malcom Fraser. Who was thanked by Mugabe for help. I wish I had said to him that it was a shame that he helped improve our free markey economy but helped Rhodesians get a communist one. (Or you could pretend I had the balls to say this to his face). What I actually said to him was Hi, thanks for getting rid of Gough. He just grunted and mumbled hi back and went back to his food. Tbf I was like 17... I didnt want ti get into an argument with some 80 year old guy.
@ATIMELINEOFAVIATION 2 жыл бұрын
Wow that’s so cool!
@sarkiesarkie4918 6 жыл бұрын
Was my great pleasure to have met Mr Smith as a young guy in Salisbury. Proud to have helped out in the war against Mugabe etc. Oh well.
@nsa6865 5 жыл бұрын
godspeed rhodie, may you forever be free. Lang lewe Rhodesie
@histman3133 4 жыл бұрын
Thank you for your service however that was.
@Thomas-tc7hp 3 жыл бұрын
Tell us your history! Long live Rhodesia 💚🤍💚
@yani2499 3 жыл бұрын
✊🏿✊🏿✊🏿✊🏿✊🏿✊🏿✊🏿
@ATIMELINEOFAVIATION 2 жыл бұрын
Were you fighting just for the whites or Rhodeisa as a whole?
@ChetzNation 6 жыл бұрын
Say what you will about Smith but he was still infinitely better than Mugabe.
@vdmur7952 3 жыл бұрын
100%
@judymagondo1229 3 жыл бұрын
@@vdmur7952 My father and myself both witnessed Smith and Mugabe's leadership periods. None of them was a Saint . We talk and wonder why we had to go through all we have. Its easy to give a 100% unless you obviously think those who suffered deserved to, based on their color . The truth , they both didn't score a 100%.
@MOOSEDOWNUNDER 5 жыл бұрын
My first PM, loved him. Rhodesians Never Dir Sir. God bless.
@nsa6865 5 жыл бұрын
lang lewe rhodesie
@Iolis 3 жыл бұрын
The Rhodesians were and remain the best that Britain once produced. Tough, determined, bloody-minded stubbon and independent. Ian Smith embodied those very qualities that gradually fell out of fashion in a West that became weak, effete and limp-wristed.
@chrispetersen113 3 жыл бұрын
Absolute Nonsense! The Rhodesians were betrayed by: U.N. G.B. U.S.A. Last, and not least: James Carter...May he BURN IN HELL!!!
@ayodejiolowokere1076 2 жыл бұрын
@@chrispetersen113 how was not recognizing a segregated country a betrayal?
@ayodejiolowokere1076 2 жыл бұрын
Bigoted, comically narrow minded and delusional. More like the worst of yokels and blue collar.
@ayodejiolowokere1076 2 жыл бұрын
@@CanadianPhinsFan853 what a witty and bold statement.
@Iolis 2 жыл бұрын
@@ayodejiolowokere1076 I'm sure the Ndeble (or whats left of them) had a similarly charitable view of his successor!
@BaronVonUngernSternberg24 6 жыл бұрын
Such a good man.
@leebrown3208 5 жыл бұрын
yea just like hitler
@Jordi_Llopis_i_Torregrosa96 2 жыл бұрын
@@leebrown3208 cringe, cope and seethe
@chelseaking1735 Жыл бұрын
@@Jordi_Llopis_i_Torregrosa96 🤣🤣 all these whit e guys are in their feelings it’s funny
@beniaminorzechowski9913 Жыл бұрын
@@chelseaking1735why don’t you leave our continent and go back to where you came from. And then you can talk about white guys. Rhodesia was the second wealthiest country in Africa despite being globally sanctioned. The minute your type created Zimbabwe the country collapsed and it beat the record for the highest inflation rates on the planet
@ayodejiolowokere1076 Жыл бұрын
@@beniaminorzechowski9913 be quiet. This is an issue concerning Africans and Britons, not Poles. Find something to do with your life.
@CROSSTATT 3 жыл бұрын
This is unacceptable! Take away Mugabe's citizenship, too.
@globalpilot76 5 жыл бұрын
A truly honorable man with more integrity in his big toe than any current leader in Africa
@TheDoonesday Жыл бұрын
Zimbabwe is a shithole now lol, just remember when whites helped run it, it was the bread basket of Africa now it’s a corrupt shithole enjoy your mud cookies you earned it after genociding whites their or chasing them out
@globalpilot76 11 ай бұрын
@@lizzyinthecut3617 FYI , ‘Africa’ is not a citizenship, it’s a continent…
@blackjewelszw 10 ай бұрын
Bullshit
@TheDeviantgeezer 9 ай бұрын
@@lizzyinthecut3617he was born in Gwelo Rhodesia that makes him African by birth
@TheDeviantgeezer 9 ай бұрын
@@lizzyinthecut3617then you are a citizen of the country of your birth
@andrewlawson1053 5 жыл бұрын
Ian Smith was a great leader whether he was black or white depends of your`e preferred colour scheme, he handed (forced) a country over to Mugabe and was ruined by him as Smith predicted, whether you love or hate him they can never take from him the fact he was right and the world was wrong.
@realamkypaul 6 жыл бұрын
Miss Rhodesia.
@crazychicSHENA 4 жыл бұрын
Lol bye
@EzraMerr 4 жыл бұрын
Many Africans miss Rhodesia especially those that voted in for the communist party, they had no idea how good they had it.
@stricklyrubbadub 4 жыл бұрын
@Jan Pearson now the good people of Zimbabwe want their white farmers back!
@manedon6776 2 ай бұрын
WE WUZ RHODESIANS 😭
@darksided9979 5 жыл бұрын
This dude was a great leader. Exceedingly competent..brave..loyal..and resolute. He did the best he could for both white and black. I feel he would have done a great job presiding over any government.
@kirkokakoma4905 2 жыл бұрын
He once said and i loosely quote, "Rhodesia will never experience majority rule In my lifetime " he didn't do the best hr could for black people
@Zqppy 2 жыл бұрын
@@kirkokakoma4905 this was 3 years ago weirdo
@michaelanderson4664 2 жыл бұрын
🤣🤣🤣🤣
@Zqppy 2 жыл бұрын
@@odenoki9571 this was a month ago weirdo
@HISTORYGUY300 Жыл бұрын
@@kirkokakoma4905He said he would accept Black and White Rule, but not 100% Black Rule.
@DieGottesliebe Жыл бұрын
The last word in Rhodesian is Ian ...
@temptemp2881 11 ай бұрын
I met this legend in 2005 ..... Absolute Lion of a Man.
@tempestvideos9834 3 жыл бұрын
This was a great man who did more for any country in Africa than anyone. He harbored attitudes typical of the time but in no way came close to creating the suffering Mugabe and other rebels created directly, and are still causing indirectly. If he was Black he would be the greatest man in modern African history. Mugabe and his sidekick stole the land for themselves and impoverished the nation, while implementing racist government programs. This is racist - title saying "white" ruler. Smith was better than them, and the Brits couldn't stand it.
@Andrew_Brightman Жыл бұрын
We Rhodesians are British. Proudly so. We are ONE. Not two peoples. The UK govt though was corrupt like the US and other western governments. Get over it. RIP Ian Smith. A Good Man.
@colinwillox7648 2 жыл бұрын
What a Man. A Giant. Men of men. God rest his soul. You are missed Sir.
@user-kq9vv5tj1u 8 ай бұрын
No he aint 😂😂
@Andrew_Brightman Жыл бұрын
RIP Ian Smith. A Good, Courageous and Honest Man, a great leader who led the country well, despite his faults.
@temptemp2881 11 ай бұрын
He had no faults. Absolutely none.
@pimpfajita8888 8 ай бұрын
He failed and Rhodesia was wiped off the map😂😂😂
@ChristopherHitchens3.14 8 ай бұрын
@@pimpfajita8888 Yes and now the Zimbabweans go to South Africa to survive.
@pimpfajita8888 7 ай бұрын
@@ChristopherHitchens3.14 just like how Rhodesians fled to South Africa like some women
@ChristopherHitchens3.14 7 ай бұрын
@@pimpfajita8888 Bragging about beating a super minority not really an accomplishment.
@maxflight777 3 жыл бұрын
What an admirable man. The piece should be entitled “war hero” or “Prime Minister”
@ayodejiolowokere1076 2 жыл бұрын
War hero because he was wounded in combat? And unelected by a majority, not a legitimate prime minister.
@DrMerle-gw4wj 2 жыл бұрын
Indeed, Ian Smith was both.
@siimon559 2 жыл бұрын
lol, yt man gone from black territory and he is a hero 😂😂 imagine vice versa. you yt ppl are devils
@thebeliever9253 8 ай бұрын
he was a racist white supremacist who thought he could be racist in Africa. He learnt the hard way!
@rubenoeschger5728 Жыл бұрын
Such a humble, intelligent, great man. Look at Zim now 😢
@logintogingod 7 ай бұрын
Everything was better under Rhodesia, now Zimbabwe barely has food.
@histman3133 4 жыл бұрын
This is Right Honourable Prime Minister Ian Smith of Southern Rhodesia/Rhodesia. Get it right!!!
@dwalaisthename Жыл бұрын
regardless of the reason, a person shouldn't be stripped of their nation's citizenship, zviri wrong
@manehellalerotholi3312 3 жыл бұрын
I'm sorry to say this but Zimbabwe is horrible now!
@eenheidiskrag7123 5 жыл бұрын
Mugabe certainly deserves a "golden seat" in HELL !!! And yes... Rhodesians never die !
@andrewbarry6702 Жыл бұрын
Ian Douglas Smith was a legend of courage and service. MAY HE REST IN HEAVEN
@jollyroger4699 5 жыл бұрын
The last stand was this man , we will never forget !
@abdiomar3765 5 жыл бұрын
This man was a war criminal. Hope he burns in hell
@ozymandias6644 3 жыл бұрын
@@bleghbleghinson If he did wrong then for sure, but replying this as a counter to apartheid regime is only expected of someone who doesn't have common sense
@yersipest 3 жыл бұрын
Smith wouldn't have wanted it to end with him. He will most certainly not be the last. Rhodesians never die.
@gibhacker8121 3 жыл бұрын
@@abdiomar3765 A war criminal? For self-defense? If you want to talk war crimes, how about Mugabe's massacres of Matabele tribespeople?
@ayodejiolowokere1076 2 жыл бұрын
@@gibhacker8121 using chemical weapons to maintain segregation is self defense?
@incumbentvinyl9291 Жыл бұрын
Rest in Peace, Ian.
@Appregator 5 жыл бұрын
Don't be disturbed Ian, you are not a citizen of a sh...hole now. You were a man amongst men of a fine and prosperous country. The deeds of the wicked will be exposed for what they are.
@zacharydevan4107 Жыл бұрын
What a disturbing place africa can be.
@JesusmySalvation 6 жыл бұрын
it takes good men to do nothing for evil to prevail.
@camerstew2111 2 жыл бұрын
Why call him a ruler he was a prime minster voted in free and fare only following a policy that most countries followed during the time i Hope he’s respected in heaven god rest you Legend Rhodesians never die
@ayodejiolowokere1076 2 жыл бұрын
An election where only 5 percent of the population had a vote was free and fair?
@ATIMELINEOFAVIATION 2 жыл бұрын
Dude is only allowing the whites to vote “free and fair”?!
@MozzieMutant 7 ай бұрын
Couldn’t be fair if most the population was denied a vote
@real.MinatoYellowFlash Жыл бұрын
First last and always he is an African at heart is the most part
@jaggler_9900 3 жыл бұрын
The same way Asian descendants born in America are American, European descendants born in Africa are African. To tell them to go back to Europe is nonsensical and ironic to say the least.
@luhlemaboza10 2 жыл бұрын
No they are not
@blackinton2526 Жыл бұрын
Whites are not African they are Europeans even in apartheid South Africa the segregation signs said : EUROPEANS ONLY
@Infinite-07719 Жыл бұрын
At yet black people are called African American in America..Asians are called Asian...but a white American is called American not European American please sit down...
@pieterwillembotha6719 5 жыл бұрын
RIP
@chrispetersen113 5 жыл бұрын
MAKE ZIMBABWE RHODESIA AGAIN
@ozymandias6644 3 жыл бұрын
Which means, bring back minority rule ie "White being at the top and black being the foot soldiers". Sorry but that's not gonna happen now.
@toddsundell5586 2 жыл бұрын
@@ozymandias6644 We'll see about that...
@SymphonyBrahms Жыл бұрын
Make the world Rome again.
@robertisham5279 3 жыл бұрын
RIP Ian Smith
@DG-uw6wx 3 жыл бұрын
Ian Smith was also a decorated WW 2 veteran who helped save the F! world! . He should be treated with a little more Goddamn respect!
@ayodejiolowokere1076 2 жыл бұрын
Rapists, murderers and criminals also served in WW2. This guy ruined any and all respectability he could have had.
@DG-uw6wx 2 жыл бұрын
like Bob did an Amazing job with the country?
@ayodejiolowokere1076 2 жыл бұрын
@@DG-uw6wx irrelevant to assesing Ian Smith.
@DG-uw6wx 2 жыл бұрын
Not true.. This man and the others you refer to as murderers and rapists saved the world so the likes of you could complain without end.
@ayodejiolowokere1076 2 жыл бұрын
@@DG-uw6wx you're annoying. I said serving in WW2 doesn't make you a hero necessarily because all sorts of people served, including murderers and rapists.
@CLIVEGRAHAME 3 жыл бұрын
This man was a true leader not like current president of the now mess
@spoonnz 6 жыл бұрын
To a great man, we will remember you, my children's children will remember you too, the man that faced evil head on and did his best to stop communism in Africa! Margret Thatcher may be known as the iron lady but Ian Smith is the Steel Gentleman!
@spoonnz 6 жыл бұрын
4ABLACK AFRICA you don't understand.. communism bad.. democracy good..
@4ablackafrica416 6 жыл бұрын
Alexander TheOriginalGreat You treat them as equal? Do you call whites filthy swine? Your "countries" are also stolen! Yes, blacks should leave stolen lands and live in Africa, a land not stolen by Africans!
@moonstryder1740 6 жыл бұрын
4ABLACK AFRICA i call anyone with your mentality a swine, you get good whites, bad whites, good black, and then people like you.
@camelia9802 6 жыл бұрын
Lord Grease Earl of Maggot - but at what cost? So many young whites died
@leebrown3208 5 жыл бұрын
lots of people also remember hitler
@brianhowe1982 2 жыл бұрын
Rhodesians never die! Prime Minister Smith is the model all leaders should strive for.
@ayodejiolowokere1076 2 жыл бұрын
Why? He was racist, impractical and a useless negotiator.
@chelseaking1735 Жыл бұрын
@@ayodejiolowokere1076 the white tears in the comments are funny lol
@ayodejiolowokere1076 Жыл бұрын
@@chelseaking1735 more Rhodieboo. Not all white folk back this stupidity.
@arminb.7399 Жыл бұрын
Honorable Men and Hero
@jamtree9746 5 жыл бұрын
Rhodesians never die.
@leebrown3208 5 жыл бұрын
no they dont die they just vanish
@peppermintfreedom 4 жыл бұрын
*This man was a hero*
@cme1713 2 жыл бұрын
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@EngrDan-wb5pe Жыл бұрын
What hero?
@user-ez05ob0WqQ Жыл бұрын
@@EngrDan-wb5pe Ian was a pilot, worked for allies in WW2
@InvisibleHotdog 3 жыл бұрын
"Ruler" - you mean PM of a free nation. Mugabe and his successor are "rulers"
@ayodejiolowokere1076 2 жыл бұрын
Rhodesia was undemocratic.
@InvisibleHotdog 2 жыл бұрын
@@ayodejiolowokere1076 in comparison to Mugabe's "democracy" where Shona were genocided?
@ayodejiolowokere1076 2 жыл бұрын
@@InvisibleHotdog irrelevant whatsboutism. Smith's Rhodesia was also undemocratic.
@InvisibleHotdog 2 жыл бұрын
@@ayodejiolowokere1076 I'm not gonna pretend like it was even close to perfect but a govt that worked and fought to uphold the rights and standards of everyone is a lot better than a govt that genocided and raped the country they were supposed to oversee
@ayodejiolowokere1076 2 жыл бұрын
@@InvisibleHotdog Rhodesia created Mugabe. No Rhodesia no Mugabe's Zimbabwe. Blacks were also second class citizens so what rights?
@ronaldwinfield307 4 жыл бұрын
The outcome of the Rhodesian Bush War is sad. I think deeply about that Issue & ask myself a lot of questions.
@TheThisissparta21 3 жыл бұрын
Rhodesia never dies!
@carlosz7208 3 жыл бұрын
Mr. Smith’s laughing at Zimbabwe 🇿🇼
@bolshoefeodor6536 3 жыл бұрын
I suspect he is weeping at what a tragedy the country became over the last 100 years.
@joeavent5554 3 жыл бұрын
God bless this man
@ciandoyle3315 8 ай бұрын
Imagine how good this nation eould be if it recieved the same level of support that israel received. Rhodesia was fucked over
@johnjamieson6318 Жыл бұрын
In the days of Rhodesia , the Zimbabwe ruins were a distant tourist attraction . Now , much closer . As you pass through the border , you've entered the Zimbabwe ruins .Unfortunately 😢😢😢
@Odolwa2 Жыл бұрын
Ooga Booga! Mugabe Smash!!!
@Renormal Жыл бұрын
leader not just a ruler
@micheleemcdaniel389 3 жыл бұрын
Now you will get the Chinese!
@marcioluis3829 3 жыл бұрын
whats the problem
@micheleemcdaniel389 3 жыл бұрын
Are you asking what's the problem with the Chinese filling the void? Ask the people living near the illegal open pit gold mines: ecosystem destruction, ruthless pursuit of profit, contempt for locals, etc.
@chrispetersen113 3 жыл бұрын
@@micheleemcdaniel389 > I've been reading up on this for many years, China will take over soon..
@micheleemcdaniel389 3 жыл бұрын
@@chrispetersen113 Woe betide us. I for one am glad I'm on the way out.
@chrispetersen113 3 жыл бұрын
@@micheleemcdaniel389 NEVER let that defeatist attitude take hold!
@dwanedexter7685 2 жыл бұрын
RIP, Sir, Ian Smith. You were our best president, and you are an inspiration to me that is why I am a proud Rhodesian
@firemantim9601 3 жыл бұрын
We need to bring Rhodesia back.
@marcioluis3829 3 жыл бұрын
for what?
@shadysheep1984 3 жыл бұрын
omg yes, i fancy segregation too
@marcioluis3829 3 жыл бұрын
@@shadysheep1984 make that in europe or america,not inf africa sorry
@shadysheep1984 3 жыл бұрын
@@marcioluis3829 i was being sarcastic ye dafty, i was making fun of the knob with the ali g pic
@hopebuhali3887 3 жыл бұрын
Lol who's we?
@siredith8846 2 жыл бұрын
In his younger days, Smithy was a massive fellow. 6’ 5” Into rugby, cricket and rowing.
@Wolf-hh4rv 3 жыл бұрын
A humble man, a great prime minister, he served all the people of Zim
@ayodejiolowokere1076 2 жыл бұрын
European elite.
@killermarfidyoh138 11 ай бұрын
Rhodesia* which is now known today as occupied Rhodesia...
@Wolf-hh4rv 11 ай бұрын
@@killermarfidyoh138 make Zimbabwe - Rhodesia again
@petervanwyngaard4788 Жыл бұрын
Fellow Chaplinian I will remember you for what you did in the 2nd world war,Sir Fighting with the French Resistance after your Spitfire was shot down Fighting against what history has proved wrong and immoral.... Recovering from those terrible wounds received in air-combat That is how I remember you Sir Oh.....and the fact your farm employees in Selukwe loved you
@HIOAZA1523 3 жыл бұрын
Just gonna throw this out here: the first Dutch settled on the cape around the same time the pilgrims landed in America. They have been there roughly the same amount of time as whites in the americas… you wouldnt call a white American a European… Ik Rhodesia was British not Dutch but the principal stands… just saying
@ayodejiolowokere1076 2 жыл бұрын
The Rhodesians arrived in 1890. They were Europeans in Africa and nothing more.
@FelonyVideos 3 жыл бұрын
Rhodesia will never die, but Zimbabwe has sunk back into the mud. I am sad to say that since I never had any stake in that game, it is satisfying to watch these racists in Zimbabwe suffer for their transgressions.
@vincenorman9291 3 жыл бұрын
A minister wanted his house.
@Landjo Жыл бұрын
The mere fact that he stayed there for the rest of his life and that Mugabe allowed him and protected him is mind boggling.
@donaldknowles2015 6 жыл бұрын
A great man
@matthewgates4130 10 ай бұрын
This head stone should read , HE WAS RIGHT!
@ayodejiolowokere1076 Ай бұрын
About what?
@impsimp Жыл бұрын
Truly a man among men.
@AhnkAton 4 жыл бұрын
Sad fate for a noble and gentleman - RIP! Everything Mugabe did was supported by the British bcoz they put him in power. It was until he refused to play ball for one reason or the other he became unpopular with them....
@camelia9802 6 жыл бұрын
Legend
@mdnis 3 жыл бұрын
The “good white” hand wringers didn’t give a toss about Rhodesia/Zimbabwe once they had achieved their perverse goal: the punishment and the degradation of the white people of that country.
@charlesbronson348 3 жыл бұрын
I whish I could have met him in person, what terrible day, it was when the world turn against Rhodesia.
@cARCARIUNCARCARIUS12 4 жыл бұрын
HERO OF THE PEOPLE
@rock3tcatU233 5 жыл бұрын
I respect the fact that he fought for his people.
@worried9755 3 жыл бұрын
How course of history would have turned if this man remained the P M.
@Pfsif 4 жыл бұрын
Black racism.
@martinetti123 4 жыл бұрын
What a shame! This man is a hero!
@gangasinghrathore4709 Жыл бұрын
In 2002, Smith challenged Mugabe to come with him to a township to see who got the best welcome. "Only one of us will come out alive," Smith said; "I'm ready to put that to the test right now. He's not." - A true statesman loyal to his country until the end
@davidl1162 Жыл бұрын
His country is England. Smith is a thief who set out to steal native land and give to Europeans....Mugabe stopped him
@amedeetsota420 Жыл бұрын
Nah
@zee-pougebndouyebani9828 Жыл бұрын
even though I am black and he is white but I liked Smith 50 times more than Mugabe and a Million times more than Mnangagwa and Chiwenga. The economy was solid yet under sanctions.
@amedeetsota420 Жыл бұрын
Really?
@aethelwolfe3539 3 жыл бұрын
He was a prime minister and African Nationalist.
@danieljohannesshawe7950 4 жыл бұрын
Rekai you have your land in Zimbabwe but you cant feed yourselves . You are fed by South Africa where you all flock to seek greener pastures
@recky0753 3 жыл бұрын
DANIEL JOHANNES SHAWE hahahahaha having food is better than freedom right? Personally I choose freedom over food
@jurgen7579 Жыл бұрын
not my fault......I voted Rhodesian Action Party (RAP) in the last Rhodesian Election. Since 1974 it was absolutly clear that Smiths "Rhodesian Front" Party would turn over the country to the Blacks. ILlooked forward to carry on the bush war and , if neccessary, retreat "down south" and on the way burn the whole lot down.... regret that I stayed only 4yrs in RSR (76-11.June 80)...best 4 yrs in my life...missed the chance to get straight to Walhalla...now getting old and will die in my bed (our germanic forefathers called it "Strohtod" (dieing in bed made of straw)....pamberi ne hondo
@ayodejiolowokere1076 Жыл бұрын
You'll die the failure you lived as.
@SuperBygfoot Жыл бұрын
Tja Pech gehabt Kolonisierer
@ryushogun9890 9 ай бұрын
fix the volume, I can't hear anything.
@cme1713 2 жыл бұрын
I didn't commit a CRIME but the Money in my ACCOUNT was given to Me by Bank Robbers! SMH
@Wolf-hh4rv 2 жыл бұрын
He never enriched himself, owned palaces in Dubai , dished out expensive cars to his allies , stole land from people. He really honestly did the best for all Zimbabweans black and white.
@AsadAli-jc5tg Жыл бұрын
But the B's are treacherous and corrupt by nature, apartheid is the need of the hour in Africa.
@ibnewton8951 Жыл бұрын
Yes he did.
@ayodejiolowokere1076 Жыл бұрын
By forcing blacks to remain on reservations? By reserving most seats in parliament for only whites? By enforcing segregation?
@ibnewton8951 Жыл бұрын
@@ayodejiolowokere1076 Read your remarks and ask the same question of Zimbabwe today. Did you know that the white man taught you how to write your own language?
@ayodejiolowokere1076 Жыл бұрын
@@ibnewton8951 there is no segregation in Zimbabwe. And no, Africans adapted my native language to the Latin script. What does that even have to do with anything?
@PohTrain 4 жыл бұрын
Good man
@rockerzcorner 11 ай бұрын
Sad. The Zimbabwean government was suppose to reconciliate with the whites after the war. Despite colour, any citizen of the country owning the farm was supposed to be protected and given support, not for the other race to leave. Instead of invading, the government was suppose to provide new schemes to new farmers with the support of other white farmers who were already in the sector.
@thesmithersy 8 ай бұрын
Mugabe was only willing to keep to that as long as someone else (the UK) picked up the tab. When blair announced the UK would stop covering the system, it was open season sadly for mugabe and his cronies to attack innocent white farmers.
@_haeyuki130 29 күн бұрын
He was too good of a leader for the west not to plot against him.
@elisamcgowan4774 Жыл бұрын
As a Brit myself, sad the UK played a part in his demise.
@libzyfarz4788 Жыл бұрын
He was a colonizer, and got what he deserved.
@JacobafJelling 5 жыл бұрын
Im proud to call myself Danish. Imagine being able to call yourself a Rhodesian
@abdiomar3765 5 жыл бұрын
Imagine calling yourself a racist state that people never challenged you? Amazing right. 👍👍😂
@leebrown3208 5 жыл бұрын
there is no such place call rhodesia,. it,s call great zimbabwe
@Thunderous117 4 жыл бұрын
lee brown nothing great about Zimbabwe
@jaythornton2837 4 жыл бұрын
@@Thunderous117 any more
@JacobafJelling 3 жыл бұрын
@Katherine Sparkes Naturally
@BudFox575 5 ай бұрын
Once a Rhodie always a Rhodie
@JaredKaiser24 3 жыл бұрын
Rhodesian never die !
@freedomwarrior6632 2 жыл бұрын
Giant Rhodesian Statesman. Rest in peace Sir ian smith🥰🥰🥰😇😇
@SymphonyBrahms Жыл бұрын
He was never knighted by the queen so he wasn't a Sir. Just Ian Smith.
@ministermonkey7546 3 жыл бұрын
Long live Rhodesia.
@thomthorne7306 2 жыл бұрын
Alex What is an ANCHOR BABY for 5000 points?
@nagihangot6133 5 жыл бұрын
Give us deh LAND!
@whenwe9168 4 жыл бұрын
You got deh land now what you mong
@colintaylor3584 4 жыл бұрын
It was right to have an election for the majority to have their leader, however not acceptable to discriminate such as Mugabe has done.
@greenleader3520 2 жыл бұрын
Majority rule isn’t necessarily a good thing either. It always leads to tyranny of the masses
@elverdavin365 Жыл бұрын
UN is the main problem for Rhodesia. Bacause of the sanction made by the UN , all Rhodesian can't buy and trade with other country. Imagine if Rhodesia trade with Canada and US or Australia and New Zealand. i can assure that they will become one of the best country in Africa.
@vetiarvind 9 ай бұрын
That's quite sad. I hope one of the commonwealth countries had let him immigrate and live a good life of retirement. He's an intelligent man. South Africa apparently did.
@andrewosborn1451 10 ай бұрын
The man was an elected official. A ruler is what came after.
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