Security during elections in Rhodesia

Title

Security during elections in Rhodesia

Genre

Interview

TX Date

23 Apr 1979

Year of production

1979

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Duration

00:03:10

Description

Peter Sharp interviews Brigadier Peter Rich about security during voting in the first one-person-one-vote elections in Rhodesia after threats of violence by the Patriotic Front led by Robert Mugabe and Zimbabwe African People’s Union led by Joshua Nkomo which were not carried out.

Contributors

Peter Sharp; Peter Rich

Keywords

Elections; Robert Mugabe; Violence; Zimbabwe; Rhodesia; Patriotic Front; Joshua Nkomo; Security; Security measures; Army; ZAPU; Military strategy

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