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General Solomon Mujuru

Luke-ing the Beast in the Eye: Remembering an army general: Ode to Rex Nhongo

Luke Tamborinyoka: “Today is Defence Forces day, exactly eight days away from a new Zimbabwe. Coincidentally, on this very day 12 years ago, the first black army general of independent Zimbabwe, Solomon Tapfumaneyi Mujuru, aka Rex Nhongo, was snuffed out in murky circumstances, most probably by the usual suspect, the known killer in ZANU PF who to this very day continues to play God by deleting army generals from the world of the living.”

Aug 15, 2023 Read more

Mujuru says Mugabe knows who killed Solomon Mujuru

By Sij Ncube Zimbabwe People First (ZimPF) leader Joice Mujuru has sensationally claimed President Robert Mugabe knows her husband’s killers, intimating the late general’s overtures cajoling the Zanu PF leader to quit could have irked the veteran nationalist. Mujuru’s husband retired general Solomon Mujuru died in a mysterious fire in August 2011 at their farm in […]

Dec 09, 2016 Read more

‘Mujuru was shot before being burnt’

By Xolisani Ncube Former Vice-President Joice Mujuru has claimed her husband, Solomon, was shot before he was burnt, claims that are likely to re-ignite the debate into the death the country’s first army commander, whose demise in a mysterious fire continues to baffle Zimbabweans almost five years later. Mujuru, in an interview with the United […]

Feb 23, 2016 Read more

Renewed tension over Solomon Mujuru’s death

By Fungi Kwaramba HARARE – Emotions are boiling over again regarding the circumstances surrounding the death of liberation struggle icon General Solomon Mujuru in a mysterious fire at his Beatrice farm — just outside Harare — in 2011, as well as the post-congress Zanu PF’s continued desecration of his name. This comes as the Daily […]

Aug 18, 2015 Read more

I never divorced General Mujuru: VP

Vice President Joice Mujuru has quashed long circulated reports about her marriage and said she never divorced her late husband Retired General Solomon Mujuru whom she described as a loving but naughty husband.

Apr 22, 2014 Read more

Who killed Tongogara and Mujuru?

RECENT stories on the life and mysterious death of General Josiah Magama Tongogara have generated interest and intense debate among a cross-section of society. This article compares his death to that of General Solomon Mujuru in 2011.

Jan 13, 2013 Read more

No closure in Mujuru death case

RETIRED General Solomon Mujuru’s family has not found closure after the decorated soldier died in a fire at his farm in Beatrice over a year ago amid indications that the case has died a natural death.

Jan 10, 2013 Read more