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11 Mar 2011

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Zimbabwean

Bennett slams multi-nationals for “corporate greed, wilful negligence” [Zimbabwe]

Any process of enriching individuals or companies connected to the infamous criminal syndicate that is Zanu (PF) [Zimbabwe African National Union - Patriotic Front] will be nullified once the MDC [Movement for Democratic Change] is in power...minister of agriculture designate, Roy Bennett told a conference of International Fund Managers...In a hard-hitting address, Bennett singled out Old Mutual, Anglo Platinum (part of Anglo-American) and Impala [Platinum] – saying they must “come to terms with their unacceptable complicity in Mugabe’s blackmail”...Referring to the “sad and seedy role of Old Mutual in the illicit diamond mining” in the Marange diamond fields, Bennett said...the MDC had urged Old Mutual, quietly behind closed doors, to quit their blood-stained investment. “The company has not listened, so we now air our grievances publicly..." [Also refers to Zimplats (part of Impala Platinum)]