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Zimbabwe: Old Mutual should stop funding Mugabe's propaganda machine

Thursday, November 12th, 2009 @ 16:06 UTC

by Ndesanjo Macha

Countries:: Zimbabwe
Topics:: Finance, Media, Politics
Languages:: English

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Zimbabwe : Old Mutual doit arrêter de financer la machine de propagande du Président Mugabe

Petition Old Mutual to stop funding Zimbabwe's state media: “South African insurance giant, Old Mutual confirmed this week that it was a major shareholder in ZimPapers, the publishing group that produces some of Zimbabwe’s most vitriolic propaganda.”

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