Now Mugabe wants Zimbabwe's mines

[seemslikeadream]

The government of Zimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe will soon lay claim to half of the ownership of all the country's privately owned mines, the state press reported on Tuesday.

The state-controlled daily Herald quoted the 80-year-old leader as saying: "We are going to demand that government be given 50% shares in the mines."

"We cannot recognise absolute ownership of our resources," he said. "That must be corrected."

Comment could not immediately be obtained from the Zimbabwe Chamber of Mines, which represents the mining industry.

Mining is one of Zimbabwe's most vital economic sectors and one of the few sources of foreign currency left in the midst of the country's economic crisis, following the collapse of the once-robust agricultural industry.

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[el_gato]

1. Good

Who "owns" these mines right now? Certainly not anybody from Zimbabwe I bet.

[geek tragedy]

2. He has to have somewhere to send his political opponents. n/t

[Jack The Tab]

3. Mugabe is a worthless P.O.S.

I would cheer this decision because the natural resources of Zimbabwe should be held by the people, HOWEVER....

we all know that Mugabe means that HE should be given 50% shares of the mines.

If only he'd do it the way our own administration crooks do it, and bid out work and natural resources to privately owned corporations, ones that are owned by your friends, in order to fleece the population legal-like.