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White and black farmers still bear the scars of Zimbabwe's land grabs
Guy Watson-Smith felt hurt and betrayed when his 5,000-hectare (12,355-acre) farm in Beatrice, in Zimbabwe's Mashonaland East province, was violently invaded by three armed men in the early 2000s....Published: 24 Apr 2025 at 07:49hrs | 807 | by Farai Matiashe, Al Jazeera
Mujuru lies about her wealth
Former vice president Joice Mujuru has opened up on her wealth, dismissing claims that she is superrich, with interests in the diamond-rich Chiadzwa fields, as a joke.Speaking on BBC's Har...Published: 11 Mar 2017 at 12:02hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mujuru offers to 'pay white farmer $1.4 million'
Zimbabwe's sacked Vice-President Joice Mujuru has agreed to pay compensation of $1.4m (£1.14m) to a white farmer whose land her family took, UK-based Zimbabwean journalist Violent Gonda has told ...Published: 12 Oct 2016 at 19:57hrs | | by BBC
Strive Masiyiwa to seek compensation from Mujuru?
Zimbabwe People First Leader Dr Joice Mujuru has been accused of hypocrisy and insincerity for prioritising payment of compensation to a white former commercial farmer ahead of blacks who lost the...Published: 10 Oct 2016 at 07:08hrs | | by Staff reporter
WATCH: Celebrating use of toilet paper (tissue)
Somewhere in Matabeleland a group of people singing, celebrating use of tissue paper instead of sticks...Published: 08 Oct 2016 at 12:01hrs | | by Ndou Paul
'Mujuru being insensitive and very insulting to victims of political violence in Zimbabwe'
Former ZBC presenter Ezra 'Tshisa' Sibanda has critized the move by Zimbabwe People First's leader Dr Joice Mujuru to compensate a white farmer her family had taken a farm from. Sibanda said M...Published: 08 Oct 2016 at 11:39hrs | 1 | by Ndou Paul
Mujuru offers compensation to former white farm owner
FORMER Vice-President Joice Mujuru yesterday met the former owner of her Alamein Farm, also known as Ruzambo Farm, and offered to privately compensate for all infrastructural improvements made at ...Published: 07 Oct 2016 at 08:02hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Solomon Mujuru's estate valued at $9 billion
Unconfirmed reports suggest the late General Solomon Mujuru left behind an estate worth an estimated US$9 billion, sources said on Tuesday.The sources, citing correspondence between lawyers re...Published: 18 Jul 2012 at 20:11hrs | 2 | by Tichaona Sibanda I SW Radio
Tendai Biti in trouble over Solomon Mujuru's death
ZANU-PF has reacted angrily to allegations by the Movement for Democratic Change (MDC-T) secretary general, Tendai Biti, that the party was responsible for the death of its politburo member, the late...Published: 01 Oct 2011 at 04:38hrs | | by Staff Reporters
How a General stole a farm: My family's story
This narrative was written by Zimbabwean farmer Guy Watson-Smith in 2004, recounting his experiences at the hands of General Solomon Mujuru. We are re-printing it as ...Published: 26 Aug 2011 at 10:41hrs | 2 | by Guy and Vicky Watson-Smith
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