Sunday, March 09, 2008

Mugabe Forcing Foreign Companies to Be Locally Owned

Mugabe continues his effort to destroy his country

Zimbabwe’s President Robert Mugabe has approved legislation giving local owners the right to take a majority share of foreign companies.

Mr Mugabe’s formal approval of the Indigenisation and Economic Empowerment Bill comes three weeks ahead of his country’s presidential elections.

Under the legislation, every company must have at least 51% of their shares owned by black Zimbabweans.

If not, the government will block new investment, mergers or restructuring.

The new law means some of the country’s biggest businesses - such as the mining giant, Rio Tinto, and Barclays Bank - will have to find local partners.

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Posted by Owen at 1844 hrs
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