hɪz fˈɑːðɚ wʌz mˈeɪdʒɚdʒˈɛnɚɹəl dʒˈeɪ. ˈændɚsən, sˌiːbˌiːˈiː, ðə kəmˈændɚɹ ʌvðə sˈʌðɚn ɹoʊdˈiːʒən ˈɑːɹmi hˌuː wʌz dɪsmˈɪst ɪn nˈaɪntiːnhˈʌndɹɪd sˈɪksti fˈoːɹ bɪkˈʌz ʌv hɪz ˌɑːpəzˈɪʃən tə ðə kəlˈoʊnɪəl ɡˈʌvɚnmənts plˈænz fɔːɹ dᵻnˈaɪəl ʌv nˈeɪɾɪv ˈæfɹɪkən ɹˈuːl əpˌɑːn ˌɪndᵻpˈɛndəns; ænd hɪz mˈʌðɚ, dˈæfni, ɹˈoʊt ðə tˈoʊɚɹˌæɡz ɐ mˈɛmwɑːɹ ʌv hɜː dˈɪfɪkəlt tʃˈaɪldhʊd ɪn ɹoʊdˈiːʒə.
His father was Major-General J. Anderson, CBE, the commander of the Southern Rhodesian Army who was dismissed in 1964 because of his opposition to the colonial government's plans for denial of native African rule upon independence; and his mother, Daphne, wrote The Toerags a memoir of her difficult childhood in Rhodesia.