A friend of mine, long since dead, born in Bombay, who worked all his life first on the east coast of Africa and then latterly before he retired over on the west coast. He put Africa's ills down to tribalism in just the same terms that Guest Hans has.

With Smith gone in Zimbabwe historically there was absolutely no way that the Matabele would ever suffer government under the Shona. Mugabe knew that as did Nkomo, that is why killing and clearing the Matabele was the first thing Mugabe a Shona did once he was in power.

Tell me in SA's early days did Inkata (A Zulu organisation) fight ANC - same thing.

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