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| Zimbabwe: Foreigners must close shops by Jan 1 |
| 2013-11-26 |
| [News24] Zim-bob-wean authorities say they have given foreign shop-owners - mostly Chinese and Nigerian nationals - an ultimatum to shut down their businesses by 1 January. Bob is kinda like the captain of the Titanic, except that he's turning the crank on the freezer to generate his own iceberg. A top official of the black empowerment ministry said only Zim-bob-weans had the right to run shops that have sprung up across the country and are termed foreign businesses targeted under the nation's black empowerment laws, the state-controlled Herald newspaper reported Friday. Those laws, passed in 2007, demand foreign businesses to cede 51% control to local blacks. The foreign shop owners have been criticized for taking retail trade opportunities from Zim-bob-wean traders by selling cheap imports. Poor townships and city flea markets have in recent years been inundated by shops run by foreigners. According to state media, shop owners who fail to comply will be tossed in the slammer Keep yer hands where we can see 'em, if yez please! . |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #7 *That's a racist name, it should be changed. Any ideas? Lower Niger. Scameroon. Reginia. Bighteria. Benignia. Armpitia (nothing against Nigeria, just analogizing from Elbonia). Bigmouth. Houston. |
| Posted by: Zenobia Floger6220 2013-11-26 19:33 |
| #6 Ah the tragedy of the sight-raeder. |
| Posted by: Shipman 2013-11-26 17:32 |
| #5 *That's a racist name, As a kid, I was a voracious reader and so knew a lot of words I never heard pronounced. Like nih-grrr-ree'-a. Yeah, it was often embarrassing. |
| Posted by: SteveS 2013-11-26 17:24 |
| #4 ...it's OK g(rom), as long as they say it. For others it's racist. |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2013-11-26 08:17 |
| #3 mostly Chinese and Nigerian nationals Don't know about Nigeria*, but what---do you suppose---China will do? *That's a racist name, it should be changed. Any ideas? |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2013-11-26 05:38 |
| #2 Ausländer aus! |
| Posted by: Raj 2013-11-26 01:07 |
| #1 Sounds rather harsh. Why not push them into some type of costly medical scheme and force them out of business ? |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2013-11-26 00:18 |