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I was born in Salisbury, Southern Rhodesia (part of the Federation of Rhodesia & Nyasaland) in 1957. The Federation collapsed in 1963 and Southern Rhodesia unilaterally declared independence (from the UK) in 1965. The country became Rhodesia and the "Bush War" started in 1966—the Chimurenga, or war of liberation, conducted by ZANU / ZANLA (Mugabe) and ZAPU / ZIPRA (Nkomo). I grew up in a land of sunshine clouded by growing war clouds, as colonialism was facing ts death throes.
In 1976 I was conscripted for my national service, and ended up serving 3 years in the Rhodesian Light Infantry. Then 18 months with PATU, the Police Anti-Terrorist Unit. A ceasefire was declared in December 1979 and came to power in the newly independent Zimbabwe in
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