Ihave read [Whether it is true or not ,I do not know,that Smith was incorruptible]that he offered to help Mugabe for the first couple of years,And that they worked together,until Mugabe proposed nationalisation,which Smith opposed,Smith subsequently resigned,and slowly Zimbabwe declined.
Smith was as African as Mugabe,he was wrong in believing that black people could not govern Rhodesia /Zimbabwe,but now Zimbabweans are worse off than they were before,because the country is being led by a bad leader[Colour is irrelevant].
Mugabes mistake was not to have kept Smith on board for longer and not to have listened to his advice about nationalisation,he Mugabe Needed a much longer transition period,It takes time and a long training period to pass on expertise.Mugabe handed out farms to his cronies[according to the western press]and these people, have not the expertise to farm properly.
The war by African nationalists[according to the western press],was started in 1962 ,two years before Smith came to power.
I think Mugabe should take the blame for the present situation,It takes time to train people to farm properly,and under UDI and white rule, Black people did not have that oppurtunity,however Mugabe should have instituted proper training programmes using white expertise,to make sure this was done, instead of which he seized land, and handed it over to his political supporters who have proved incompetent.
It could be argued that the present situation, is a result of white rule[when blacks had lack of opportunity]but later when the opportunity was there,Mugabe spurned it,so Mugabe must take the blame.