Presidents kick off SA Zimbabwe economic forum
Presidents Jacob Zuma and Robert Mugabe have kicked off a South Africa Zimbabwe economic forum inPretoria calling on the next generation to follow up on their struggle by fighting for economic liberation. Zuma says the battle must be as angry and intense as the fight to be beat apartheid. Ends intro Both presidents were in […]
Mugabe says Zuma must follow his economic example
Visiting Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe urges his South African counterpart Jacob Zuma to follow his lead in demanding foreign businesses yield 49 percent of their enterprise to the state. Mugabe defends what he calls his policy of indigenisation at a business forum as he wraps a two-day state visit to South Africa. ends intro Robert […]
Mugabe gave us our money’s worth
When he arrived for his first state visit to South Africa in 21 years, I asked whether Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe was here as bruiser or supplicant. He had expressed his anger at South Africa’s not knuckling down to regional regulations on conducting trade. Some accuse South Africa of dominating trade. Other go as far […]
Jacob Zuma defends black empowerment
President Jacob Zuma defends black empowerment and advises business people not to be shy about doing things to help black South Africans. With visiting Zimbabwe president Robert Mugabe looking on Zuma tells a business forum black South Africans won’t own and control their economy until they comprise the top industrialists. ends intro President Jacob Zuma says […]