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Originally Posted by Brother Oz
Actually, a lot of the land wasn't given to locals at all, it was given to his cronies.
Let's be honest, Rhodesia was not a nice place, and Smith was an awful ruler. But Mugabe is no better.
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By "locals" i meant "Zimbabweans". Or are you saying his cronies where not even from the country?
In any case, it was a major mistake. These kind of land reforms might look attractive ("our land belongs to us") but I don't think they have ever worked in history...I could be wrong though. They certainly didn't work in Zimbabwe.