We are at war. We march for Freedom as soldiers, with guns in our hands.
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Because of the fierce battles and the heavy casualties inflicted by the Freedom Fighters, there is panic among the white settlers in the areas of combat. Many of them have fled their farms to sleep in the cities.
Many South African soldiers were killed and injured in Karoi. Mazoe and Sipolilo in March this year. Vorster knows this but he and Smith hide their heavy casualties from the public. Instead they announce a few names, and for the rest, they only inform the individual next-of-kin concerned. This is an old trick.
Ian Smith is facing problems in his army. Many African soldiers and police together with some white civilians, are refusing to join the fight against the Freedom Fighters. For this action some have been locked up, others have deserted to Botswana.
Vorster and Smith propaganda propaganda claims that the African population is against the Freedom Fighters. In fact our guerrillas are being welcomed and supported. by the people. In desperation the Smith forces are detaining, torturing and killing African civilians.
Vorster knows that what is happening in Rhodesia today is going to happen in South Africa tomorrow.
On this day, JUNE 26, 1968
WE PAY HOMAGE AND TRIBUTE to our militant Freedom Fighters who have laid down their lives, and those languishing in Vorster's dungeons, in the cause of South African Freedom. They have not sacrificed in vain and they shall he avenged.
WE VOW to work with renewed vigour towards the attainment of freedom and human dignity In South Africa, the land of our birth, and for the glorious cause of African Unity.
WE RE-DEDICATE ourselves that so long as our country remains under the iron heel of White Supremacy, we shall devote all our energies and our lives in the determined struggle to liberate our MOTHERLAND.
