This is a slightly shortened version of the original report.
What can the Front-Line States do to protect themselves in the economic war South Africa is waging against them? By blocking other routes. South Africa forces 75% of their trade through its ports. The battle is on to change that balance of power.
THIS WEEK traveled down the Beira Corridor where thousands of Zimbabwean troops guard the vital two hundred miles of railroad and pipeline between their boarder and the coast of Beira. The corridor is subject to attacks from the “bandidos”, the South African backed MNR or Renamo who are trying to destabilize the already collapsing Mozambique. At the end of the corridor Beira has desperate problems. No power for three months, no water for three weeks and an economy so out of control that one man’s wages for a week will buy a couple of cabbages.
Trevor Phillips Reports.
First shown: 02/12/1986
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