news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/1136865.stm

A sad loss. Ian Smith was a brave man who, as a fighter pilot, fought for Britain in WW2. He was sold down the river by that craven pen pusher Harold Wilson who spent the war counting beans. Smith predicted what Mugabe would do to Rhodesia and he was all too right. All Zimbabweans, black and white must yearn for the wise rule of Smith and his like as they starve in their hovels or rot in the beast's gaols.

Not everyone would agree.

Smith’s worst trait was his limitless capacity for self-delusion. Thanks to UDI, black nationalists were radicalised and a brutal war began. Wars produce terrible leaders. This one gave the world Robert Mugabe.

www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=.../11/20/wsmith220.xml

Under Smith there was food, and jobs, and functioning hospitals. The system worked. However, under Smith all black people were "kaffirs". Under Mugabe, we became human beings.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/comment/story/0,,2215740,00.html

Robin T Cox wrote:Under Mugabe, we became human beings.[/quote]

Unless you live in Matabeleland.