Guy Watson-Smith

When Guy Watson-Smith lost his family farm at the height of Zimbabwe’s controversial and often violent land grab, he could scarcely have imagined that one day he would be sitting in the same room with the new, powerful owner of the farm he…
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HARARE - The High Court of Zimbabwe has ruled that the estate of the late General Solomon Mujuru, should pay $1,4 million to the former owners of Ruzambo Farm in Beatrice.
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Unconfirmed reports suggest the late General Solomon Mujuru left behind an estate worth an estimated US$9 billion. The sources, citing correspondence between lawyers representing the general’s family and children, predicted a big battle for…
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Mujuru’s relatives, friends and political allies who spoke to the Zimbabwe Independent since Tuesday have been crying “murder most foul” as facts about the events and circumstances leading to his death become clear, pointing to a damning…
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Zimbabwe was rocked to the core this week by the death of the Commander of the Defence Forces, retired General Solomon Mujuru, in a fire at a farm in Beatrice writes author Cathy Buckle.
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The state owned Herald newspaper was on Wednesday evening forced to remove, before publication, a story on the death of retired army General Solomon Mujuru. Sources who spoke to SW Radio Africa claimed editors at the paper were told to bin…
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This is the story of how Retired army General Solomon Mujuru came to occupy the farm that he died in, 60 km outside Harare in Beatrice. The farmer Guy Watson-Smith and his wife were forced out and left with a suitcase of clothes after…
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The death of 62 year old retired army General Solomon Mujuru, in a farmhouse fire in Beatrice outside Harare in the early hours of Tuesday morning, has left Zimbabweans divided over what sort of legacy he leaves behind. Like most liberation…
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