Nyorera kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Sarudzo mbiri dzakatevera dzakaitwa muna 1951 na1953 uko maNationalist akaumba mubatanidzwa wenguva pfupi neMalta Workers Party (iyo, pamusoro pemakore, yakazopedzisira yaparara). Bato rakarasikirwa nesarudzo dza1955 kuvashandi uye mumakore akatevera rakatungamira mushandirapamwe kupokana nehurongwa hwehurumende yevashandi yekubatanidzwa neBritain. Kubatanidzwa kwakakundikana zvikurukuru nemhaka yokuti Britain yakarasikirwa nefariro pashure peSuez fiasco
uye bumbiro remitemo rakadzorerwa zvakare muna 1958 zvichitevera mhirizhonga huru pamusoro pekudzingwa paMalta Dry Docks.