Ian Smith. “We had the highest standard of health and education and housing for our black people than any other country on the African continent. That was what Rhodesians did. I wonder if we shouldn't be given credit for doing that.” But he’s never been given credit for that. Even while those who usurped power in his country have overseen famine, hyperinflation, tyranny and devastation, Smith has never been given credit for what he achieved with the same hand of cards.