 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - TAZARA yakaita basa rinokosha mukurwisana kworudzi rwevatema kwokupera kwema1970 nema1980. Njanji yacho yakashanda senzira yokutengeserana yeZambia, Zimbabwe, neMalawi iyo yakanga isingapfuuri neSouth Africa yorusaruraganda, kana kuti Angola kana kuti Mozambique, idzo dzakanga dzakapinzwa muhondo dzomunyika pamwe chete nevatsigiri vaitsigirwa neSouth Africa. Mukati mokurwira kuzvitonga kweZimbabwe, hurumende yeRhodesia yevarungu yakananga nzira dzokutengesa dzeZIPRA kubva kuTanzania. Mauto eRhodesia akarwisawo ndokuparadza mabhiriji matatu; Bhiriji reRwizi rweChambeshi rakaputitswa nemapurisa eSelous Scouts muna 1979 uye zvakatora gore kuti rivakwezve. Somuuyo wezvinetso izvi, kutakura zvinhu kwakaderera pasi pematani 800 000 pagore kubva muna 197980 kusvika muna 198283. Mukuwedzera, kudonha kwevhu nokutsvaira kazhinji kazhinji zvaikanganisa basa, zvikurukuru mukati memwaka wemvura wa 1979 na 198586. 