Zim Govt: Whites are not true Zims

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Govt: Whites are not true Zims

Harare - Zimbabwe-born whites who are able to prove that they were discriminated against under colonial rule may not be subject to a government programme to take control of white-owned businesses, the government said.

Under a proposed Indigenisation and Empowerment Bill, white descendants of mainly British settlers will be required to hand over at least 51% of their businesses to blacks.

Paul Mangwana, the Minister in charge of Black Empowerment, said whites "disadvantaged by the colonial system" were defined under the bill as "indigenous" Zimbabweans and qualified for full ownership rights of business enterprises.

The country's mixed race minority, known as "coloureds" in southern Africa, also were considered indigenous, but a few thousand people of Asian origin, mainly traders and shop owners, would, like whites, need to prove they were victims of colonial prejudice, Mangwana told a panel of lawmakers in Harare.

He said "All blacks ... fall within the definition of indigenous," the official media reported on Wednesday.

An estimated 30 000 whites, just a third of them seen as breadwinners, still live in the country of 12.5m people.

Foreign banks also a target

In the past, white political activists and even conscientious objectors who refused to fight against black guerrillas in the bush war that led to independence in 1980 had not been favoured in citizenship cases.

The independent Bankers Association has asked whether the country's main foreign-owned commercial banks, including Barclays and Standard Chartered, were to be targeted. It said interests from neighbouring South Africa also held substantial interests in other banks, finance houses and some of the largest companies quoted on the Harare stock market.

Mangwana said the foreign banks and subsidiaries of foreign multinationals still operating in Zimbabwe would have to release a controlling stake to blacks, state radio reported.

On state radio, Mangwana said 80% of what he called Zimbabwe's "strategic resources" were owned by foreigners, a claim disputed by business organisations. The government owns the only railroad company, public utilities, mining interests, the state steelmaker, the sole broadcaster, the biggest newspapers and a wide range of parastatal enterprises and industries. It is the country's largest employer.

The Zimbabwe National Chamber of Commerce, most of whose members are black, said the proposed move could frighten off potential investors.

In the worst economic crisis since independence in 1980, official inflation stands at nearly 7 000%, the highest in the world. Independent estimates put real inflation closer to 25 000% and the International Monetary Fund has forecast it reaching 100 000% by the end of the year.
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http://www.news24.com/News24/Africa/News/0,,2-11-1447_2190792,00.html
 
The Zimbabwe National Chamber of Commerce, most of whose members are black, said the proposed move could frighten off potential investors.
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If it wasn't sad that Zim is in such a sorry state, I'd fnd this funny.
 
Yes, unfortunately Zim is gone. If you want to see how Zim got to this state, watch Lionking and have a look at the hayenas.

It will take a lot of years to rebuild Zimbabwe....
 
Slooth said:
It will come, when is anyone's guess. I'm thinking rather soon.
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Not much longer now. Zim 2.0 is up for imminent release in SA.

Soon, we will wipe our a$$es with R200 notes (because it will be cheaper than buying toilet paper) and cull our domestic cats and dogs for food (because all the farms and agriculture will have gone to ****).

SA is becoming like the rest of Africa.
 
How much longer are we going to play this game in Africa?

The continual protracted harassment and victimisation of the white population is just lame now.

The Zim government should expel the remaining 30 000 whites...Or at the very least seize 100% of their assets.

The same should be done in South Africa as it only obvious the same route will eventually be followed locally.

Let's just get it over with. Expel us all and/or take everything we have.

Whichever is quicker and gives greater satisfaction to our masters.

Would black people then be able to move on with their lives? Who would be left to blame?
 
milano said:
How much longer are we going to play this game in Africa?

The continual protracted harassment and victimisation of the white population is just lame now.

The Zim government should expel the remaining 30 000 whites...Or at the very least seize 100% of their assets.

The same should be done in South Africa as it only obvious the same route will eventually be followed locally.

Let's just get it over with. Expel us all and/or take everything we have.

Whichever is quicker and gives greater satisfaction to our masters.

Would black people then be able to move on with their lives? Who would be left to blame?
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Amen, and amen.
Give the guavamint no more "white colonialist" excuses like the ones Bob has been using for 15 years.
 
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MWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!! The Zim comedy continues...

As jy dom is moet jy k@#!
 
Our government must love this type of press. It just purges more whites from SA and effectively plays right into their hands.
Like a well oiled machine.
 
Mangwana said 80% of what he called Zimbabwe's "strategic resources" were owned by foreigners, a claim disputed by business organisations
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I am always amazed when they mention that there is still something left in Zim ... ;)
 
First they took the land, then they took the farms, then they artificially lowered prices, now they will take 51% of the businesses after that most probably the other 49%. Pretty soon there will be nothing left to take. Then there will be one big tsunami to SA where the taking is starting. Somehow we need to stop this. I am seriously regretting my decision to vote yes 17 odd years ago. Maybe we should have explored other alternatives.
 
Zim: It will get worse

Zim: It will get worse
The writer of this article blames The British to a certain extent, but acknowledges the fact that Zimbabwe could have started it's Land Distribution ages ago.
-What the writer fails to mention is that Britain gave Zimbabwe Billions of Pounds for Land Distribution, but when the Brits realised that these monies were going to the personal accounts of Mugabe and his cronies they stopped the bus.

I think the lame or no excuses Mbeki and the rest of the ANC make about "Quiet Diplomacy" have not done us nor the inhabitants of Zimbabwe and the Sub Continent any good whatsoever.
As far as I am concerned Government have been negligent in it's stance with Zimbabwe as surely they should be looking out for the Sub Continent's future economic growth? We are not entirely dependent on Zimbabwe, but it does make a difference when you analyse the bigger picture.

If you can consider Zimbabwe our Neighbour, should we not take a stance if I could draw a parallel between what residential neighbours would do in a situation?
>Your neighbour may have his own personal rights, but you have also got to live and there are by-laws that were designed to protect each others rights in this regard.

1. Would you tolerate your neighbour burning rubbish day and night or would you report it to the Authorities?
2. Would you tolerate your neighbour playing loud music day and night or would you report it to the Authorities?
3. If your neighbour popped across every day to ask for food, would you put up with it indefinitely?
-NO of course not.

The answers are simple. Clearly our Government has no balls or will to tackle the Zimbabwe situation head on and this tells me a lot about who is in Government and their capabilities in dealing with a crisis, which should concern us all.
 
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