Rhodesian Commentary
A Contemporary Archive of Rhodesian History
The first edition of Rhodesian Commentary appeared in January 1966 a little over two months after Rhodesia’s independence. The contents were compiled from various sources including local Rhodesian media as well as overseas press reports. The Commentary was published fortnightly and usually consisted of 8 unstapled pages of 8″ x 10″ which was the old British Imperial “large post quarto” size. In November 1971 this was changed to the slightly larger standard A4 size of 210mm x 297mm. The title banner was blue until December 1968 when it was changed to green in line with Rhodesia’s new flag. From November 1975 publication was switched to monthly and the last Rhodesian Commentary appeared in December 1975. The following year it was renamed Focus on Rhodesia with an updated print style and in this guise it continued to the end.
By good fortune I still have nearly all of my original editions, albeit a few are a bit jaded. These will be copied and posted up as time permits thus providing a contemporary archive of Rhodesian life and history from 1966 to 1979.
Click on an archived edition below to open a pdf file. – Multiply pounds and dollars shown by 10-15 times to get today’s values!
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1966
21 January 1966 Vol 1, No. 1
7 March 1966 Vol 1, No. 4
21 March 1966 Vol 1, No. 5
4 April 1966 Vol 1, No. 6
16 May 1966 Vol 1, No. 9
30 May 1966 Vol 1, No. 10
13 June 1966 Vol 1, No. 11
27 June 1966 Vol 1, No. 12
11 July 1966 Vol 1, No. 13
8 August 1966 Vol 1, No. 15
22 August 1966 Vol 1, No. 16
5 September 1966 Vol 1, No. 17
19 September 1966 Vol 1, No. 18
3 October 1966 Vol 1, No. 19
17 October 1966 Vol 1, No. 20
31 October 1966 Vol 1, No. 21
12 December 1966 Vol 1, No. 24
26 December 1966 Vol 1, No. 25
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1967
13 January 1967 Vol 1, No. 26
27 January 1967 Vol 1, No. 27
10 February 1967 Vol 1, No. 28
26 February 1967 Vol 1, No. 29
13 March 1967 Vol 1, No. 30
27 March 1967 Vol 1, No. 31
7 April 1967 Vol 1, No. 32
24 April 1967 Vol 1, No. 33
8 May 1967 Vol 1, No. 34
22 May 1967 Vol 1, No. 35
29 May 1967 Vol 1, No. 36
16 June 1967 Vol 1, No. 37
3 July 1967 Vol 1, No. 38
10 July 1967 Vol 1, No. 39
31 July 1967 Vol 1, No. 40
14 August 1967 Vol 1, No. 41
28 August 1967 Vol 1, No. 42
11 September 1967 Vol 1, No. 43
25 September 1967 Vol 1, No. 44
9 October 1967 Vol 1, No. 45
23 October 1967 Vol 1, No. 46
6 November 1967 Vol 1, No. 47
20 November 1967 Vol 1, No. 48
4 December 1967 Vol 1, No. 49
18 December 1967 Vol 1, No. 50
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1968
8 January 1968 Vol 2, No. 1
22 January 1968 Vol 2, No. 2
5 February 1968 Vol 2, No. 3
19 February 1968 Vol 2, No. 4
4 March 1968 Vol 2, No. 5
18 March 1968 Vol 2, No. 6
1 April 1968 Vol 2, No. 7
15 April 1968 Vol 2, No. 8
29 April 1968 Vol 2, No. 9
13 May 1968 Vol 2, No. 10
27 May 1968 Vol 2, No. 11
10 June 1968 Vol 2, No. 12
24 June 1968 Vol 2, No. 13
7 July 1968 Vol 2, No. 14
22 July 1968 Vol 2, No. 15
5 August 1968 Vol 2, No. 16
19 August 1968 Vol 2, No. 17
2 September 1968 Vol 2, No. 18
16 September 1968 Vol 2, No. 19
30 September 1968 Vol 2, No. 20
14 October 1968 Vol 2, No. 21
28 October 1968 Vol 2, No. 22
11 November 1968 Vol 2, No. 23
25 November 1968 Vol 2, No. 24
9 December 1968 Vol 2, No. 25
23 December 1968 Vol 2, No. 26
