RF yakataura kuti hondo dzevagari vemunyika dzine ropa, kudengenyeka kwemauto nedzimwe njodzi dzakatambudza nyika itsva dzeAfrica dzinotongwa nevazhinji kuchamhembe, dzakawanda dzacho dzaive dzave huori, hutongi hwega kana hurumende yemubatanidzwa ine bato rimwe chete nguva pfupi mushure mekuzvimiririra, yakaratidza kuti vatungamiriri vatema veRhodesia vakanga vasina kugadzirira kutonga. Akapesvedzerwa zvikuru nevapoteri vachena vakanga vatizira kumaodzanyemba vachibva kuCongo
, yakaratidza zviitiko zvezuva rokutongwa zvinotyisa zvezvinoreva kutonga kwevaRhodesia vatema muSouthern Rhodesia, zvikurukuru munzanga yevachena. Vatsigiri veRF vakamira vakaderedza zvichemo zvevatema veRhodesia zvine chekuita nehupfumi hwevhu uye kupatsanurwa, uye vakapokana kuti kunyangwe paine kusaenzana kwemarudzi mune zvematongerwo enyika zvemukati - vachena vakaita 5% yevagari, asi vanopfuura 90% yevhoti vakanyoreswa - hurongwa hwesarudzo hwaive husina rusaruraganda sezvo kodzero yaive yakavakirwa pamari uye dzidzo yekukodzera kwete dzinza. Vakasimbisa nhoroondo yehondo inodada yekoloni panzvimbo yeBritain, uye vakaratidza chishuvo mumamiriro eHondo Yemashoko kuti vagadzire anti-communist, pro-Western front muAfrica pamwe neSouth Africa nePortugal.