Malawi expels SA workers in tobacco spat
September 10, 2009
Malawi had expelled four South Africans working for international tobacco firms for price cutting and sabotaging the economy, President Bingu wa Mutharika said yesterday. “They were sabotaging the economy
and harming tobacco growers,” Mutharika said. Calling the four “colonialists”, Mutharika said he ordered the immigration department to revoke their work permits. The four were employed by international wholesalers, which buy tobacco at auction. “It’s sabotage and an act of hostility to our country,” he said. The four include: chief executive Kelvin Stainton of Limbe Leaf, which is owned by Universal Leaf and Malawi's conglomerate Press Corporation, and Collins Armstrong of Alliance One. – Sapa-AFP
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