Category: Indigenisation (archives)

Zim Foreign Companies To Be Forced To Reveal Stance On Sanctions http://www.radiovop.com/ 17/01/2011 11:29:00 Gweru, January 17 2011 – Defence Minister Emmerson Mnangagwa has warned chief executive companies of foreign- owned companies that they will be forced to reveal their stance on sanctions on Zimbabwe live on radio and risk losing 90 percent of their …

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Govt freezes indigenisation MUNYARADZI MUGOWO | HARARE – Dec 06 2010 19:21 Government says it has shelved its indigenisation legislation until “the local economy recovers” and will be selling least 10 parastatals to foreign investors, ceding controlling stakes way above the statutory ceiling of 49%. The landmark policy climb-down comes as a shock to everybody …

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Some research notes. Indiginization Regulations Recourse to International Law.   The Zimbabwe government appears to have the mistaken belief that sovereignty gives them full protection against international crimes.  Many of these crimes arise from the violation of The Universal Declaration of Human Rights and other international instruments that set out the human rights that include …

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Mat water woes smokescreen for de-industrialisation http://www.theindependent.co.zw Thursday, 04 November 2010 18:55 PERENNIAL water woes in Matabeleland have been used as a smokescreen by unscrupulous businesspeople from other regions to deliberately de-industrialise the area, analysts said, accusing some people of buying companies in the region and stripping them off before relocating to other cities. Bulawayo, …

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Zimbabwe – the unintended effects of land and indigenisation laws by Clifford Chitupa Mashiri, Political Analyst, London 15/10/10 What has been dubbed “legitimised looting in the guise of indigenisation and the racist land seizures” could be argued as having got unintended results in achieving more inequalities and investor boycott. In what clearly appears to be …

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People want jobs, not indeginisation: Khupe http://www.newzimbabwe.com 03/10/2010 00:00:00by Staff Reporter DEPUTY Prime Minister Thokozani Khupe has said Zimbabweans are more interested in jobs rather than ownership of companies and inisted the government’s indeginisation programme was a death knell for the country’s largely comatose productive sectors. Khupe, who is the deputy leader of the MDC-T …

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Comment: Indigenisation: Public policy for private gain http://www.theindependent.co.zw/ Friday, 03 September 2010 18:32 LOOKING at the country’s indigenisation policy, especially the Indigenisation and Empowerment Act, leaves one with a feeling of having experienced déjà vu of some sort. It is an Act that aims to put into effect a policy which on the surface sounds …

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Mugabe sets up military state http://www.thezimbabwean.co.uk/ Written by Vusimuzi BhebheSaturday, 28 August 2010 13:54 HARARE – The appointment of serving and retired soldiers to various committees to oversee implementation of Zimbabwe’s controversial company ownership law has once again exposed President Robert Mugabe’s determination to establish a de facto military state amid fears that the indigenisation …

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Zimbabwe Minister Appoints Mugabe Allies to Spearhead Indigenization Program http://www1.voanews.com/ Former Defense Force officials are prominent among appointees including retired Major-General Gilbert Mashingaidze, retired Air Commodore Mike Karakadzai and retired Colonel Karikoga Kaseke, who is also the chief executive of the Zimbabwe Tourism Authority Gibbs Dube | Washington 20 August 2010 Indigenization Minister Saviour Kasukuwere …

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Confederation of Zimbabwe Industries Says Start Indigenization With Parastatals http://www1.voanews.com The Confederation of Zimbabwe Industries said the indigenization program should be broad-based and include parastatal firms like the National Railways of Zimbabwe, Air Zimbabwe and the Grain Marketing Board Gibbs Dube | Washington 03 August 2010 The Confederation of Zimbabwe Industries says the Harare government’s …

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