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23:42:50:25 BARS. VO JOHN LAURENCE. CS ZIMBABWE SITUATIONER. VS WOMEN SING "HOSANNA ZIMBABWE", A SONG THAT CELEBRATES ZIMBABWE'S INDEPENDENCE. VS OF CEREMONIES DURING ZIMBABWE'S INDEPENDENCE DAY CELEBRATION IN 1980. FILE CLIPS OF WHITE RHODESIANS. VS OF ROBERT MUGABE, ZIMBABWE'S PRIME MINISTER. VS OF ZIMBABWEAN SOLDIERS, INCLUDING MEMBERS OF THE 5TH BRIGADE. CU'S OF CAPTURED REBELS WHO OPPOSE THE MUGABE GOVERNMENT. CU'S OF A SKULL IN A SHALLOW GRAVE; THE VICTIM WAS A DISSIDENT WHO WAS KILLED BY THE 5TH BRIGADE. CU A WOMAN FROM BULAWAYO COMMENTS ON GOVERNMENT OPPRESSION IN THE AREA. VS OF JOSHUA NKOMO, LEADER OF THE PEOPLE OF WESTERN ZIMBABWE AND HEAD OF ZAPU (ZIMBABWE AFRICAN PEOPLE'S UNION). SOUNDBITE FROM AN INTV/W NKOMO. HE SAYS THAT LIFE NOW IS WORSE THAN IT WAS UNDER THE WHITE MINORITY REGIME. CU FORMER PRIME MINISTER IAN SMITH COMMENTS ON NKOMO'S STATEMENT. VS OF SMITH ON HIS FARM. VS OF WHITE FARMERS IN A PUB. IAN ALCOTT, A WHITE FARMER, SAYS WHITES HAVE A GOOD LIFE IN ZIMBABWE. CU FORMER AGRICULTURE MINISTER DENIS NORMAN SAYS MANY WHITES WHO LEFT AFTER THE REVOLUTION ARE RETURNING TO ZIMBABWE. VS AT BARROWDALE RACE COURSE. SOUNDBITES OF A BLACK MAN AND WHITE WOMAN TALKING ABOUT RACE RELATIONS. CI: PERSONALITIES: ALCOTT, IAN. PERSONALITIES: MUGABE, ROBERT. PERSONALITIES: NKOMO, JOSHUA. PERSONALITIES: NORMAN, DENIS. CELEBRATIONS: ZIMBABWEAN INDEPENDENCE.