• “Resisting indigenisation is like shouting at my uncle, Robert Mugabe”

Youth Indigenisation and Economic Empowerment Minister Patrick Zhuwao has liked the controversial black empowerment laws with deadly AIDS pandemic which has as he said “infected” all foreign companies.
President Robert Mugabe’s nephew was bragging at a business meeting in Harare which was also attended by a few remaining white businessmen when he said foreign companies have to learn to live with the disease (Indigenisation law).
“The position from a policy point of view is extremely clear, ( Totongo gara nayo yatofanana nechirwere kana watoenda kuNew Start centre waongororwa ropa wangoziva kuti ndozviripo wotopinda pachirongwa) It  is like HIV after you have tested positive that you have no option but to start taking Anti Retroviral drugs”said Zhuwao.
Zhuwao said resisting the Indigenisation law was tantamount to shouting at his Uncle President Mugabe.
“Indigenisation and economic empowerment ladies and gentleman is not something  that is to be debated, it is something that was taken as a political manifesto item by Zanu PF and Zanu PF won a two thirds majority on that,” said Zhuwao.
He continued, “no matter how much you may want to turn around and say to political powers, listen, can we re-look at this, the political powers have been given a particular mandate. So it will be a waste of time to talk about renegotiating the policy that is a reality that we need to live with”.
The indigenisation laws which dictate that foreigners get minority shareholding in business ventures with locals have divided the President Mugabe’s administration with conflicting statements coming from different cabinet ministers.
The law has also reduced investment energy from ernest investors who fear losing their money.