Former Vice President Joice Mujuru has been attacked for announcing that she will repeal the Indigenisation and Economic Empowerment Act.
Speaking during a BBC’s HardTalk, Mujuru said she will repeal it because it is not investor friendly and that she would compensate white farmers as had been agreed in the Lancashire House Agreement if voted into power.
“We are going to repeal it (Indigenisation Act) because we are for investment. We want investors both local and international to come and help us as we are rebuilding the economy.
Mujuru also said she will lead the compensating of former white farm owners. She said:
(There will be) fair compensation, there is law to that. We are for constitutionalism. The Constitution has to be followed, property rights have to be respected.
Responding in the state media Lands Minister Dr Douglas Mombeshora said the land reform was final and irreversible as endorsed in the Constitution unless someone amends that.
He added saying the Zanu PF Government was already compensating white farmers using Section 295 of the Constitution. Industry Minister Mike Bimha said that Mujuru’s statement was empty as any country that has gone through colonisation was carrying out an indigenisation programme. Elton Ziki, a political analyst contacted by the state media said Mujuru’s comments were against the principles of the liberation struggle.
when Israel repossessed land occupied by the philistines they did not give the philistines any compensation. Zimbabweans pushed out the Khoisan and occupied the land for hundreds of years before Europeans came with guns and bullets. Israel has possessed the land. no compensation
Mujuru, like Judas is looking for money. She is aligning herself with western ideology that phillistines must be paid compensation for the Israeli land they occupied and developed.
This shows how corrupt and bankrupt she is. Having no party, no ides, no followers she is now wanting to feed off anyone who will pay her. My advice to Mujuru is this- go to international banks where Solomons diamonds nd gold is and then retire. Get out of politics. Else go back to Mugabe and ask for a minor post.
Thank Joyce. Zanupf thugs are busy forcing genuine business people out by taking majority shares
The indegenisation law is not a well thought out law. It must be revisited. There is no doubt about it. Only looters and their ilk will support it. This law is distributive and poulist and not growth oriented in its intent and purpose.Our aim should be to grow the cake and not merely to distribute the small cake that is there.