Sithole backs raid

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The Smith regime last week launched a major raid on guerrilla bases inside Mozambique.

The attack was aimed at Robert Mugabe's Zimbabwe African National Liberation Army and according to the Mozambique government school was destroyed in the raid.

Black collaborationist Sithole has come out in support of the raid.

Speaking on radio and TV, Sithole said:

"Sometimes we have to do things we don't like. It is our duty to defend the principle of majority rule which has been conceded.

It is not a matter of agreeing br disagréeing with the strikes into Mozambique.

We have created a democratic process but there are forces outside this country who would like to disrupt that democratic process"

Although Sithole's statement is the first example of black support for Smith's vicious attack, comments earlier in the week by Bishop Muzorewa left little doubt that he too condoned the action.

Muzorewa and Sithole are both at pains to insist that the internal settlement is gaining ground.

They claim that former guerrillas have come over to their side and are at present policing areas of Zimbabwe.

If success for the settlement is growing significantly no one seems to have informed the four senior members of Muzorewa's United African National Council who resigned a few days ago.

They blamed the failure of the transitional government to end the war and eliminate racial discrimination as the reason for their resignation.

Outside Zimbabwe the US Senate has voted to end sanctions at the end of the year if a "freely elected" government is installed.

In Britain the Tories pressed forward their open support for the internal settlement in a debate on Zimbabwe held two days before Parliament closed for the summer.

Although the Tory leaders are not as yet demanding the lifting of sanctions, their spokesman, John Davies, indicated that they might oppose renewal the measures in November.

Despite the blustering nature of Davies attack on David Owen, a ciose examination of the latter's role in the negotiations over the future of Zimbabwe shows that the basic difference between Owen and the Tories is simply one of the tactics.

I believe the majority of Rhodesians at the moment would argue that no settlement will really work unless Joshua Nkomo enters into it.

The wiser ones would say they feel an opportunity must also be given for Mr. Mugabe to come into it"

Here we have Owen's strategy in a nutshell. His only opposition to the internal settlement is one of viability.

He clearly continues his aim to split Nkomo and Mugabe and thus force the latter into a negotiated settlement.

The aim of British imperialism is to establish a collaborationist regime which is above all stable. To achieve this deal the opportunist petty Jourgeois leaders of the Patrio ic Front have to be involved.

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By Enriq