Mugabe threatens UK, Australia

e’s threats have drawn accusations that his indigenization laws were not aimed at correcting injustices in ownership structures – as Zanu (PF) claims – but to whip into line foreign investors speaking out against his appalling handling of the economy.
The opposition MDC, white-owned mining companies and embassies were among the “Trojan horses” that received money from abroad “all to be used against us,” Mugabe told a war veterans militia he met at the Zanu (PF) headquarters last week.
“We still have white-owned mining companies from Britain. Some of them are advocating sanctions, Australia and so on who want to sabotage us, to take us back by increasing prices three times, what causes that? Iprofit here kana mweya wasatani (Is this for profit or it’s a satanic spirit)?” asked Mugabe.
The 83-year-old ruler alleged that opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai, who returned to Zimbabwe Monday, had been given A$18 million by Australian Prime Minister John Howard to “use in the regime change programme,” an allegation immediately refuted by the opposition party.
The State media here has run acres of editorial space during the weeklong visit by Tsvangirai to Australia, alleging the opposition leader was in Europe to campaign and celebrate sanctions, in reality a travel ban on Mugabe and his cronies. Tsvangirai’s visit to Australia particularly angered Zanu (PF) hawks and Mugabe himself as it came hardly two weeks after his host had slapped further punitive measures against the Mugabe regime, throwing out eight children of senior ruling party officials studying there in student visas. – Chief Reporter