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Mujuru 'lied' to the world

by Staff Reporter
14 Mar 2017 at 03:12hrs | Views
National People's Party (NPP) leader Joice Mujuru has been accused of lying ' to the world' when she claimed that her only assets are a farm and house in Zimbabwe.
This was after she was pressed to divulge her wealth during her interview on the British Broadcasting Corporation's HardTalk programme.
Mujuru who was in the United Kingdom last week said she  only listed an "inherited" farm and a house.
"I only have a house. I only own a farm, which I am still now negotiating with the owner and to tell you the truth I'm very free to take everything down and Zimbabweans will know who I am because I'm not a rich person," said Mujuru.
According to the state controlled Herald citing documents the publication said it obtained in 2015 showed that Mujuru had interests in duty-free shops at the Harare International Airport trading as International Travel Shops Africa (Pvt) Ltd with Tirivanhu Mudariki as director, along with VP Mujuru's daughter Nyasha De Campo (nee Mujuru), two Kenyans – Mukesh Vaya and Nilesh Ashkal Kantil, as well as Babu RM a citizen of India.
Though Dr Mujuru was not listed among the directors, her name features prominently in the documents.
Documents submitted to the executor of Rtd Gen Mujuru's estate, Mr Stern Mufara, by the hero's lawyer, Mr Thakor Kewada in 2015 showed that the Mujurus ranked among the wealthiest people in Zimbabwe.
Mr Kewada cited some of the following properties as belonging to Rtd Gen Mujuru: Stand 95 Hogerty Hill Township 3 of Hogerty Hill A, measuring 1,4 hectares; Stand 96 Hogerty Hill Township 3 of Hogerty Hill A, measuring 555 square metres; and, Stand 810 Marandellas Township.
He also had three other properties cited as Remainder of Sebastopol (in Goromonzi, measuring 329ha); Inverangus of Sebastopol (also in Goromonzi 304ha) and Stand 9 Tara Township of Tara of Sebastopol (6,4ha in Goromonzi).Gen Mujuru also owned Lot 1 of Lot 283 of Greendale, which property was subdivided to create Stand 1113 Greendale Township, House Number 18 Coghlan Road Greendale and Number 4 Springfield Close, Chisipite in Harare.
With regards to River Ranch Limited, Gen Mujuru's Kupukile Resources had 5 000 shares as at August 17, 2007.
In Zimbabwe Motor Assemblers and Distributors (Pvt) Ltd he had 4 430 shares, while in Zimbabwe Sun Limited, Gen Mujuru had a million shares under his company Tapfumaneyi Holdings (Pvt) Ltd c/o Interfin Merchant Bank.
He had shareholding in Ruwa Golf Properties (200), Ruwa Golf Resort (10).
At times Gen Mujuru would buy a property, but fail to transfer ownership to his name by not paying his lawyers such things as conveyancing fees.
Such properties included Stand 75 Shamva Township and Stand 5735 Warren Park.
Gen Mujuru also owned Remainder of Shamva Mine A, Shamva Mine B, Hexagon and Hexagon Extension.
In Bindura, Gen Mujuru owned Stands 22, 23 and 24 of Bindura Township.
Furthermore, Gen Mujuru owned Stand 214, Stand 241, Stand 18 Bindura, Stand 449 all of Bindura Township, and Lot 1 Ballantry.
In Chiwaridzo Drive in Bindura, Gen Mujuru owned stands 1399, 1400, 1401, 1402 and 1403.
In Shamva, he had two underdeveloped stands.


Source - online
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