Africa - Egypt

Dec. 12, 1980 - All Change In The Strand: Workman have been putting the finishing touches to Rhodesia House in the Strand, London, before it reopened shortly as the Zimbabwe High Commission. The elegant building has lain neglected for the past 11 years during the political turmoil in the former British Colony, Now at a cost of over 00, 00 the building has been extensively renovated. Most of the reminders of White regime lie covered in dust in the old. Literary - a native rum, a buffalo heard and a zebra skin. Lange photographs of Victorian Falls, Mr. Mugabe and President Bahana have replaced those of the old colonial rulers. Photo Shows Mr.P.J. Shomiwa, Zimbabwe's Deputy High Commissioner and a famous former guerrilla army brigadier, in the renovated conference room

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