ZIMBABWE: FORMER RHODESIAN LEADER IAN SMITH SAYS HIS CATTLE FARM HAS BEEN OCCUPIED BY LANDLESS BLACKS AND NOT LIBERATION WAR VETERANS

Record ID: 933431

  • Title: ZIMBABWE: FORMER RHODESIAN LEADER IAN SMITH SAYS HIS CATTLE FARM HAS BEEN OCCUPIED BY LANDLESS BLACKS AND NOT LIBERATION WAR VETERANS
  • Date: 14th May 2000
  • Summary: SHURUGWE, ZIMBABWE (MAY 14, 2000) (REUTERS - ACCESS ALL) 1. WIDE VIEW OF FARMLAND 0.07 2. GV'S: DAM (2 SHOTS) 0.12 3. WIDE SHOT OF ROAD SIGN WITH FARM'S NAME, GWENORO 0.15 4. MV: FARMHOUSE COMPOUND 0.22 5. VARIOUS OF FARMHOUSE/WOMAN PLAYING WITH DOGS (2 SHOTS) 0.34 6. WIDE VIEW OF OWEN JARMAN FARM MANAGER OF GWENORO FARM 0.45 7. SLV: WOMAN IN FRONT OF FARMHOUSE 0.49 8. SCU: SOUNDBITE (English) OWEN JARMAN, FARM MANAGER OF GWENORO FARM: "There was no threat of any violence at the moment, and they did say that they wanted to conduct all negotiations in a peaceful manner, I accepted that and that's the way we are doing it at the moment." 1.02 SHURUGWE, ZIMBABWE (MAY 14, 2000) (SABC - NO ACCESS SOUTH AFRICA/INTERNET) 9. WIDE VIEW SO-CALLED WAR VETERANS WALKING AWAY 1.08 10. CLOSER VIEW OF SO-CALLED WAR VETERANS LEAVING 1.13 11. SV: JARMEN TALKING TO SO-CALLED WAR VETERANS/LOOKING AT MAP 1.19 12. SCU/CU: SOUNDBUTE (English) VETERAN: "Can you tell us how many paddocks containing cattle over Gwenoro north? How many paddocks?" JARMEN: "It is another subdivision of Gwenoro farm. It is a subdivision of Gwenoro farm. It is a subdivision." VETERAN:"That is what we want. We want this one." SECOND VETERAN: "We want to own this one." JARMEN: "But that is not Gwenoro north." VETERAN: "We are not worried about that - we want this place." (2 SHOTS) 1.42 SHURUGWE, ZIMBABWE (MAY 14, 2000) (REUTERS - ACCESS ALL) 13. LV: FARMHOUSE FENCE 1.47 14. MV: FARM FENCED OFF 1.51 SHURUGWE, ZIMBABWE (RECENT FILE) (REUTERS - ACCESS ALL) 15. WS: FORMER RHODESIAN PRIME MINISTER IAN SMITH'S TOMATO FARM, WORKERS IN FIELD 1.56 16. CU: RIPE TOMATOES 1.58 17. SV: WORKERS PACKING RIPE TOMATOES 2.01 HARARE, ZIMBABWE (MAY 14, 2000) (REUTERS - ACCESS ALL) 18. LV: TREE-LINED AVENUE IN EXPENSIVE ESTATE 2.07 19. PAN: EXTERIOR OF SMITH'S HOUSE 2.15 20. SV: SMITH IN DOORWAY TALKING TO REPORTER 2.17 21. SCU: SOUNDBITE (English) SMITH: "My information is that it is not serious, they are not war veterans, and the scene is peaceful." 2.25 22. SV: SMITH IN DOORWAY OF HOME 2.26 23. SCU: SOUNDBITE (English) SMITH: "Mine is the very category of land which the government said they would not touch. I have got one farm. It is a family farm, we have been there for over 50 years. "We are one of the most highly productive farms in the area, producing food for the people. So, they are the ones they said they wouldn't touch, so I always thought that was the position. I am well known in the area, I am well liked. "We have no politics on our farm, nobody can accuse us of siding with any party. And on our farm we only talk about one thing, farming. "If the people want to talk politics with me, then come here, sure, I am a politician here in Harare. I was prime minister once upon a time, I don't deny that, but on my farm, no politics." 3.18 24. SCU: FRONT VIEW OF CAMERA OPERATOR 3.21 25. SCU: SOUNDBITE (English) SMITH: "I think it is sad, because it is destroying our country. It is bringing our country into disrepute in the eyes of the whole world. We have always been the bread basket of central Africa. If it goes on like this we won't be ... we will be beggars and not givers. So one just hopes and prays a little bit of sanity will return." 3.43 26. SLV: EXTERIOR OF SMITH'S HOME 3.47 FILE (APRIL, 2000) (REUTERS - ACCESS ALL) 27. VARIOUS: SMITH WATCHING CATTLE ON HIS FARM (4 SHOTS) 4.04 Initials Script is copyright Reuters Limited. All rights reserved
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  • Location: SHURUGWE, HARARE, ZIMBABWE
  • Country: Zimbabwe
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