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After much stalling, the first privatisation deal with the Zimbabwe government has finally been sealed. An estimated 53% of the country’s largest public company, the Zimbabwe Iron and Steel Company, once a leading source of foreign exchange, was acquired by India’s Essar Group through the firm’s Mauritius-based arm, Essar Holdings. The government and Essar have yet to settle the final terms of the transaction....

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India, Mauritius, South Africa, Botswana, Zambia, Britain, Welshman Ncube, Joice Mujuru, Sithembiso Nyoni, Stan Mudenge, Samuel Mumbengegwi, Olivia Muchena, Tirivanhu Mudariki, George Chikumbirike, Solomon Mujuru, Lakshmi Mittal, Tony Blair, Robert Mugabe, Obert Mpofu, Robert Mhlanga, Germany, China, Kreditanstalt für Wiederaufbau