White-owned companies in Zimbabwe are to be forced to hand majority control to black businessmen in a move that could lead to chaos rivalling the seizure of the country's commercial farms.
The new regulations demand that all foreign and locally owned companies hand over at least 51 per cent ownership to black Zimbabweans.
Thousands of firms, including the Zimbabwean operations of giants such as Barclays Bank, Standard Chartered Bank and the mining company Rio Tinto, will be affected, and they must submit their plans to comply by March 1. Owners who fail to comply could be jailed. [...]
Indigenous Zimbabweans are defined as anyone who before independence in April 1980 was "disadvantaged by unfair discrimination on the grounds of his or her race and any descendant of such person". As such white Zimbabweans are excluded, and the position of Zimbabwean Asians, some of whose families have been in the country for generations, is open to question.
Whites are barred from some sectors altogether, including agriculture, retail and transport, as well as barbers, bakeries and beauty parlours.
Que podría salir mal ? Ojo, antes de que salte un pelotudo de esos que nunca faltan, el problema acá no es el color de piel, es el totalitarismo.
Una excelente idea sin duda, pero sobre todo muy original, nunca antes puesta en práctica.
ReplyDeleteBy the way, se dieron cuenta que vuelve el INDER? Estamos mucho mas cerca de Zimbawe de lo que parece.
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