The Zimbabwean government has issued fresh threats to take over foreign owned businesses in order to ‘empower’ black nationals, The Zimbabwe Gazette can reveal.

In a recent development, the state accuses businessmen of conniving with the main opposition party the MDC in trying to remove the ruling ZANU PF party from power.

The country’s president, Robert Mugabe says the law is ready to give our people the power to be employers in businesses, especially in mines.

“It’s just the law has not been put into action.”

“Our people should be heading the mines, not the whites,” he said.

Zimbabwe proposed the Indegenisation Bill, which seeks to take away majority shareholding from foreign owners. The bill is waiting to be passed into law.

Foreign investment in the country has been on a low, owing to government’s unfriendly policies and laws.

Mugabe said his government is people oriented with people at heart.

“It’s a burden we have today prices rising everyday.”

“Business orders the rising of prices everyday, but on the other hand, supermarket and shop shelves are empty whilst their warehouses full of piles of sugar, and many other commodities.”

Mugabe and his government - led by war veterans forcefully took away farms from white owners more than ten years ago. Since then, the country has been reduced from being the bread basket of Southern Africa to a beggar mainly relying on food aid.

Agricultural produce has dwindled drastically as the so-called ‘new farmers’ (black) fail to feed the nation.

In addition, Mugabe’s deputy Joseph Msika said Tsvangirai has broken the record of being a sell-out on the whole continent.

“He is currently going places Botswana to Germany, etc, telling lies.”

“When we go to vote, we vote for the country, not Mugabe.”

“You go and complain to Mugabe that prices are rising everyday, but in actual fact when black businessmen are being used by colonisers, so people turn against us,” he said.

“Let us shame our detractors who want to instill their puppet Tsvangirai.”

“Sure, sure. Ini ndingatongwe naMorgan here? Kuti Morgan aende kuState house? Not as long as we live,” he emphasized.

ZANU PF supporters who looked hungry and disappointed at the gathering were urged by Elliot Manyika to raise their fists and clap for Mugabe, after the function was over.

People are believed to have entered ZANU PF headquaters from 8am. Most of them are traders who sell vegetables, goods and commodities at Mbare Musika, and Mupedzanhamo markets, apart from other party rented places in the capital, and rural areas. Traditionally, all of them are forced onto buses and Lorries so as to attend party events.

Mugabe added, in addition, we have the area of SME’s where families work big time to make ends meet.

“Those now have a ministry mainly to access credit from the bank.”

“We want it to be sustainable business small today, medium tomorrow and big in the future,” he said.

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