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‘Community trust funds looted’
Shingirai Vambe ·
MEMBERS of the Thematic Committee on Indigenisation and Empowerment have accused the Mhondoro-Ngezi and Shurugwi Community Share Ownership Trust (CSOT) board of trustees of mismanaging funds released by the country’s two platinum mining giants.
Senators toured the Mhondoro-Ngezi and Shurugwi communities which received $10 million each from Zimplats and Unki Mine, respectively, under the country’s community share ownership scheme introduced by former President Robert Mugabe under his controversial indigenisation programme.
The scheme was meant to compel mining companies to plough back into surrounding communities.
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