There were many others who made the final push for freedom. Some of us have been around long enough know that he came late into the struggle having languished relatively comfortably in Rhodesia’s jails (where did all those UNISA degrees come from?) before Machel protected him in Mozambique. The super-liberator spin on his personal history has been cleverly designed by the likes of Jonathon Moyo.
Humiliation at the hands of white racists would have affected him very deeply but unlike a great spirit like Mandela’s he still uses this as an excuse to punish white people. My recall is that the greatest moment of danger was in 1980 when his party took over power and his life was directly threatened by bombs planted by the right wing,SA-supported, old white enemy. – Diana Mitchel, UK (see my Who’s Who at http://colonialrelic.com)