Authors
Citation
I. Phimister, COMRADES COMPROMISED - THE ZIMBABWEAN AND SOUTH-AFRICAN LIBERATION STRUGGLES COMPARED AND CONTRASTED, Journal of historical sociology, 8(1), 1995, pp. 79-93
Citations number
71
Categorie Soggetti
History of Social Sciences",Sociology
Journal title
ISSN journal
09521909
Volume
8
Issue
1
Year of publication
1995
Pages
79 - 93
Database
ISI
SICI code
0952-1909(1995)8:1<79:CC-TZA>2.0.ZU;2-R
Abstract
At the end of April (1992), President Mugabe was given a rough ride at
the inaugural conference of the Zimbabwe Liberation War Veterans Asso
ciation. Almost half of the some 36,000 veterans are unemployed, and M
ugabe had to listen to accusations that his government was run by 'opp
ortunists and bourgeois elements' who want to exclude the veterans.1