A very long time ago, I saw a documentary on (European) TV, where they were talking to a rebel fighter with Mugabe's militia who were fighting the white government. And the guy said "We were better off under Ian Smith".
I think the petty humiliations by white South Africa on blacks was a mistake. People might accept not having political power if they are ruled well (hell, Europeans accept not having political power even though they're ruled dismally badly). They're not going to accept being degraded.
A very long time ago, I saw a documentary on (European) TV, where they were talking to a rebel fighter with Mugabe's militia who were fighting the white government. And the guy said "We were better off under Ian Smith".
I think the petty humiliations by white South Africa on blacks was a mistake. People might accept not having political power if they are ruled well (hell, Europeans accept not having political power even though they're ruled dismally badly). They're not going to accept being degraded.
Were they degraded though?
They were. IIRC, most blacks were arrested each year for infractions of petty racial laws.
Sounds like propaganda tbh.