Zimbabwe mourns Bennett, ‘sharpest thorn’ in Mugabe’s side

HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) — He was called the “sharpest thorn” in Robert Mugabe’s side. Zimbabwe on Friday mourned Roy Bennett, a white founding member of the main opposition party who died Thursday with his wife, Heather, in a helicopter crash in the United States.
With his fluent Shona, earthy manner and passion for political change in the southern African nation, Bennett won a devoted following among black Zimbabweans. He was known as “Pachedu,&rd