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Mujuru's tobacco rejected at Auction floor
05 May 2015 at 07:16hrs | Views
A consignment of bales from ousted former Vice President Joice Mujuru's Ruzambo Farm in Beatrice was last week allegedly rejected by a Harare tobacco auction floor under unclear circumstances.
Mujuru who lost her lofty government and Zanu-PF posts as President Robert Mugabe's deputy last December after being accused of plotting to oust the Zanu-PF leader had sent her tobacco to the auction floors for marketing.
Yesterday, asked for comment over the matter, Mujuru, who is now at war with Mugabe and the Zanu-PF leadership, could only say, it has been sorted somehow.
The ex-VP declined to disclose reasons for the initial rejection of her tobacco crop or the quantities involved. But impeccable sources said Mujuru had more than 50 hectares under tobacco among other crops this year.
The sources said the widow of Zimbabwe's first army general Solomon Mujuru had her tobacco delivery turned away by Tobacco Sales Floor Limited (TSF) without any explanation.
"She had to ask authorities as to why her consignment had been turned away, hence they later accepted it. But we suspect it was somehow a political move which failed to succeed," the source close to the family said yesterday.
Mujuru's daughter Nyasha, who is said to be responsible for the business unit, yesterday refused to discuss the issue referring questions to other family members.
Mujuru who lost her lofty government and Zanu-PF posts as President Robert Mugabe's deputy last December after being accused of plotting to oust the Zanu-PF leader had sent her tobacco to the auction floors for marketing.
Yesterday, asked for comment over the matter, Mujuru, who is now at war with Mugabe and the Zanu-PF leadership, could only say, it has been sorted somehow.
The ex-VP declined to disclose reasons for the initial rejection of her tobacco crop or the quantities involved. But impeccable sources said Mujuru had more than 50 hectares under tobacco among other crops this year.
"She had to ask authorities as to why her consignment had been turned away, hence they later accepted it. But we suspect it was somehow a political move which failed to succeed," the source close to the family said yesterday.
Mujuru's daughter Nyasha, who is said to be responsible for the business unit, yesterday refused to discuss the issue referring questions to other family members.
Source - newsday
