Zimbabwe: Threat to seize oil firms

President Robert Mugabe has threatened to seize the facilities of leading oil companies operating in the country and use them to distribute fuel, accusing them of refusing to cooperate with government.

At the annual conference of his ruling Zanu (PF) party held at Goromonzi High School, Mugabe said that the Government could ‘acquire’ service stations and storage facilities, compensate the companies to which they belonged and dispense the fuel.
The Zimbabwean