On September 29, 2009
Nestle Zimbabwe’s Mugabe Ties Get Company In Trouble
Oops. It just came out that Nestle Zimbabwe sources 15 percent of its milk from a farm owned by the dictator-president’s wife, Grace Mugabe. The farm was confiscated from a white farmer as part of a political plan that has earned President Robert Mugabe condemnation from pretty much everyone else in the world. This could be a big problem for Nestle. The dealings were most likely legal — the US and the EU have sanctions against both Mugabe and his wife, but Nestle is in Switzerland, which is not an EU member. Public opinion, however, is another matter. Several human rights activists have called for a boycott, and Nestle South Africa could be particularly vulnerable, as there appears to be…
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