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(TALKZIMBABWE) MDC govt will deal with companies working with Zanu PF - Bennett

MDC govt will deal with companies working with Zanu PF - Bennett
Our reporter
Thu, 17 Jul 2008 02:02:00 +0000

A SENIOR official of Zimbabwe’s Movement for Democratic Change (MDC-T) warned businesses working with the government of President Mugabe that they will be “scrutinised and dealt with accordingly” if the party comes to power.

Roy Bennett, the treasurer-general of the MDC-T party said he will identify and deal with those companies that would have “aided and abetted” President Mugabe’s government before deciding on the appropriate action.

Bennett told Mining Weekly Online in June that those “companies that would have followed good business ethics would be left alone,” adding that the MDC had started engaging with foreign companies operating in the country.

“In some cases, the response has been very good – they agree totally with our view,” he said, but declined to mention the companies the party had approached.

“In some cases, the response has been negative, and those companies will be noted.”

Bennet said in this hyperinflationary environment “hardly any company is able to survive unless it is delivering patronage”.

Several South African companies, including platinum-miners Anglo Platinum, Impala Platinum, Aquarius Platinum South Africa and Mzi Khumalo’s Metallon Gold, have invested heavily in Zimbabwe since 2000.

Labels: MDC, ROY BENNETT, SANCTIONS

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