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   Steve Hayes to ahk@chinet.com   
   Re: Death of David Hemson (1945-2025), p   
   10 Nov 25 03:36:57   
   
   From: hayesstw@telkomsa.net   
      
   On Sat, 8 Nov 2025 18:44:14 -0000 (UTC), "Adam H. Kerman"   
    wrote:   
      
   >>In March 1985, David was detained without charges at Chikurubi Maximum   
   >>Security Prison in Harare together with Darcy du Toit. On 18 April   
   >>1985 he was released and deported with his family to the UK, on   
   >>accusations that he was plotting to overthrow the government of Robert   
   >>Mugabe.   
   >   
   >What does this mean? Advocating for free and fair elections would have   
   >been an anti-Mugabe plot. Or was it violent overthrow of Mugabe?   
      
   I don't know, as I never asked him, and didn't know that had happened   
   until I read it in his obituary.   
      
   But from what I know of the Mugabe regime it could equally well have   
   been either, and would have made little difference.   
      
      
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