Radio and News from Home
At 5 FTS (RAF Thornhill) S. Rhodesia in 1951-52 each of the Airmen's billets was supplied with a PSI Radio as seen here.
As well as the BBC Overseas Service on short-wave, one of the favourite radio stations was the commercial English language short-wave station “The Radio Club of Mozambique” broadcast from Lourenço Marques in the (then) adjacent Portuguese colony of that name. The broadcast style and format was a bit like 1950’s Radio Luxembourg and was in sharp contrast to the very stuffy, BBC-like Rhodesia Radio.
A favourite performer on broadcasts from The Radio Club of Mozambique was South African singer/comedian Al Debbo. His outrageous Afrikaner songs were memorable and brilliant hits, even to us Brits, and I remember them to this day!