The Destroyer Part II

In 2000 Robert Mugabe and his military supporters began forcefully occupying white farm land with the help of gangs and The ZANU officials. This is what has lead the country into a economic decline, Leo disagreed with this saying "We have no regrets, he has none, I have none". They have taken the land so what was their next move? Leo stated " the next move is the mines, the minerals. We know we are very rich - without the British or the Americans. Yes, they invested but if we have to we will go and take over the mines too." Zimbabwe is currently the world's second largest spot for mining platinum and also is very rich in other minerals too such as gold and nickel. The mining industry is a huge part of the income that Zimbabwe gets. Mugabe has threatened to nationalize the mines by giving Zimbabwe 51 percent say in what they do. The mine owner's including South Africa and the United Kingdom have been given negotiations but have yet to settle a deal with Mugabe yet. Leo states that " We can give the mines to the black Zimbabweans that are working in them now, we are not going back to the land issue and the wealth that lies beneath them will remain ours too". Also diamonds have recently been discovered and Zimbabwe have invited the other rich countries such as Russia and China to deal with them.