[i]“Mugabe this year rubberstamped ‘indigenisation and economic empowerment’ laws, which will force all foreign companies in Zimbabwe to hand up to 51 per cent of their assets there to unspecified indigenous investors. It applies to all foreign companies but it is understood that the lucrative mining sector is being targeted. Zimbabwe holds the world’s second largest deposits of platinum, according to London-based bank Ambrian Capital.”[/i]

Observer 29/06/08