46 years ago today proud little Rhodesia declared their Unilateral Declaration of Independence from Britain.

Via Peter

I was there at the 7th UDI celebration - met Ian Smith. Went back 10 years later when it had devolved into Zimbabwe. From my Rhodie friends I know it is now a living hell - for starving blacks trapped in one of the most brutal dictatorships on the planet. Whites were expelled or became expatriates long ago. So sad for a nation that was the 2nd most powerful economy on the African continent. Rhodesia was exporting food as opposed to groveling for it today.