The Myth of Smith: Rhodesia Revealed (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781511954341)

Though born in South Africa, I celebrated my first birthday in Zimbabwe (then Rhodesia) in 1950. Early on I knew the government Department of Internal Affairs was my home, our job to assist with the development of the country's tribesmen and women. 'Called-up' for national service at 20, I was a proud lad when I was commissioned as a 2nd Lieutenant in the Rhodesian army. Hard work, resignations and war-deaths saw me fast-tracked to promotion in '76 to the very senior rank of District Commissioner. My conflicting experience in assisting and controlling Rhodesia's rural people as an Intaf member, and fighting them as a loyal patriot finally came together to teach me a life-changing lesson, one that shattered the fa?ade of our Rhodesian society for me: To make war on one's own people in the name of personal privilege, I realised, is wrong. Believing that a non-political capitalist structure would replace apartheid and make all men equal under its free-market system, I moved to South Africa. There I earned an MBA from Stellenbosch University and embarked on a career in business. The country's boom of the 80's opened a new world of personal gain. I was young and prepared to sacrifice all to get ahead. The '87 crash, however, punched home a new life-lesson: The true consequence of a free market system, I discovered, is that only the best connected will survive. Today I am based in Malaysia. After a journey amongst both the world's most privileged and most destitute, I now write about the devastating effect of a global profit at all costs economy, particularly amongst the poverty stricken of Southern Africa. My goal is to add my voice to a simple message: The rich are getting richer while the rest head for servitude. It is a breach of human rights, and cannot continue. I want to help hasten the change by assisting in the education of those who have yet to see the true nature of the system they are a part of. My article and analysis work can be seen at www.douglasschorr.com, and I can be contacted at douglas.schorr@gmail.com.