“I have been hanging people for years, but I have never had all this fuss before.” Called to do the honors from the roadside restaurant he owns, Edward (“Lofty”) Milton, 54, Rhodesia’s part-time ...

Whereas in the course of human affairs, history has shown that it may become necessary for a people to resolve the political affiliations which have connected them with another people and to assume ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... HARARE, Zimbabwe — Ian Smith — Rhodesia’s last white prime minister, whose attempts to resist black rule dragged the country now known as Zimbabwe into ...

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When Britain imposed economic sanctions on the rebellious Southern Rhodesian government four months ago, it seemed unrealistic to argue over the terms of any future settlement. The Conservatives ...

Brian Oliver was born in London in 1924, but after his father was called to work in Malaya for the Post Office he spent much of his early life abroad. After schooling in Scotland and England, Brian ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Ian Smith, the former prime minister of Rhodesia – now Zimbabwe – has died at the age of 88, convinced that ...