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...blue Jaguar was seen speeding away from a large farming estate outside Salisbury. Only minutes before, Gerald William Adams, 68, a white farm manager, had been gunned down in a daring afternoon raid, while calling for help on his emergency radio. After his arrest, Tekere was held in Chikurubi Prison for a fortnight and released on $75,000 bail. Maximum possible sentence if convicted at his trial: death by hanging...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: ZIMBABWE: Fractious Land of Promise | 11/10/1980 | See Source »

Whites were hardly reassured last week when Tekere walked out of Salisbury's Chikurubi Prison, where he had been held for 14 days on charges of murdering a 68-year-old white farm manager. Tekere, who is also secretary-general ol Mugabe's Zimbabwe African National Union (ZANU) party, was released on $75,000 bail after a white judge accepted the Prime Minister's personal pledge that Tekere would stand trial...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: ZIMBABWE: A Soldier Faces His Critics | 9/1/1980 | See Source »

Within 48 hours of the crime, the former guerrilla leader was compelled to give himself up to white police officers. He was put into a cell in Salisbury's Chikurubi Prison. The possible maximum sentence if he is convicted: death by hanging...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: ZIMBABWE: The First Test | 8/18/1980 | See Source »

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