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President Robert Mugabe told a London newspaper this week that once land seized from white farmers this week had been confiscated, the next target in his “Africanisation” programme would be foreign-owned mines and other big businesses.
He told ‘The Independent’ that Zimbabwe’s mines faced aggressive “indigenisation”
“There must be Africans in there, as owners, not just as workers,” he said. “We are gold, copper, asbestos and iron producers. But most of the benefits are enjoyed by the former colonialists. At the end of the day, black people must be able to say, the resources are ours - our people own the mines, our people own the industry.”
The MDC reacted by saying he was scaring foreign investors off in an attempt to win the elections.
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