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The police in Zimbabwe start a search for William Player (64), heir to the British John Payer Tobacco Company, who disappeared
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- 30 Sep 2019
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South African History Online. (2012, January 31). The police in Zimbabwe start a search for William Player (64), heir to the British John Payer Tobacco Company, who disappeared. South African History Online. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0073403
South African History Online (2012) 'The police in Zimbabwe start a search for William Player (64), heir to the British John Payer Tobacco Company, who disappeared', South African History Online, 31 January. Available at: https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0073403 (Accessed: 26 September 2026).
South African History Online, The police in Zimbabwe start a search for William Player (64), heir to the British John Payer Tobacco Company, who disappeared [website], https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0073403, (accessed 26 September 2026).
"The police in Zimbabwe start a search for William Player (64), heir to the British John Payer Tobacco Company, who disappeared." South African History Online, 31 Jan. 2012, https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0073403. Accessed 26 Sept. 2026.
South African History Online. "The police in Zimbabwe start a search for William Player (64), heir to the British John Payer Tobacco Company, who disappeared." South African History Online. January 31, 2012. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0073403.
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