Kasukuwere backtracks on Zimplats deal

By Alex Bell 7 March 2013 Indigenisation Minister Saviour Kasukuwere has appeared to backtrack on a recently concluded deal with mining giant Impala Platinum (Implats), by saying the Zimbabwean government will not pay the firm for more than half of its Zimplats unit. The ZANU PF leader was speaking to the...

Zimplats given 30 days to object to government land take over order

By Alex Bell 6 March 2013 The Zimplats mining group has been given 30 days to object to the government’s plans to seize about 50% of its land, which was officially announced last Friday. A notice in the Government Gazette published last Friday said that the government would be taking almost 28,000 hectares...