Maravi

(NEWZIMBABWE) Mugabe workers ‘besiege’ Nestle

Mugabe workers ‘besiege’ Nestle
by
18/12/2009 00:00:00

AT LEAST six workers from Grace Mugabe’s dairy farm, Gushungo Dairy Estates, stormed the company headquarters of Nestle Zimbabwe demanding that the company resumes milk orders terminated in October, it was claimed.

Workers at the Swiss food conglomerate claimed the six men arrived just after lunch and demanded to see “whoever is in charge so that they can deliver milk”. One Nestle employee said the six were driving in a white ERF truck parked outside the company’s HQ along Park Lane.

“These guys meant business I tell you,“ the employee said. The six men are said to have met with Nestle managing director Heath Tilley and finance director, Farai Munetsi, who drove them out of the premises to an undisclosed location – thought to be the Meikles Hotel.

By late Thursday afternoon, neither Tilley nor Munetsi were available for comment as they were both said to be in meetings.

Nestle stopped making milk orders at Gushungo Estates after being pressured by foreign rights groups and its business partners who threatened to boycott its products.

Nestle was buying 10 to 15 percent of milk processed at its Harare plant from Mugabe’s farm.

Labels: DAIRY, GRACE MUGABE, GUSHUNGO DAIRY ESTATE, MUGABE, NESTLE, SANCTIONS

posted by MrK @ 6:10 PM