Modern History Project

"A little learning is a
dangerous thing"

"Planned legislation that would place the majority share of all listed firms in the hands of indigenous blacks will lead to a fall in foreign investment and worsen Zimbabwe's economic woes, business leaders warned on Monday... Multi-national firms that may be affected by the policy, first unveiled in June, include Barclays Bank, Bindura Nickel Corporation and mining giant Rio Zim."

-- IOL article (2007-09)

Now that the comrades have demonstrated their success with "land reform" and "price controls", they are ready to move on to bigger and better things. Note that "Rio Zim" is "Rio Tinto Zimbabwe Ltd.", a British Rothschild operation.