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Salient. Victoria University Student Newspaper. Vol 36 No. 12. 6 June 1973

Informer Network

Informer Network

Mary Holland commented: "....every African to whom I spoke volunteered that the guerrillas now enjoy the almost total support of the people, passive in many cases at the moment, but active as soon as the need arises. In the townships, the signs are there for those who want to see. The informer network, essential for the white man to maintain a repressive regime in a country where he is outnumbered by more than 20—1, is at last in the process of disintegration."

Popular support for the guerrillas has been increased by the Smith regime's desperate attempts to smash the liberation movement. Rhodesian security' forces have resorted to punishing the local population in areas where guerrilla attacks have occurred. While such collective punishments have succeeded in identifying the guerrillas in some cases, the main effect has been to produce resentment and revenge.