Zimbabwe's Sandra Chingasiyeni Nduna based in Hollywood says she will use her networks to source funds to help renovate and stock three schools in Mashonaland West under her organisation - Zimbabwean Child Inc. She was recently in Zimbabwe where she toured 11 schools of which she will assist three.
"All that money that is out there actually a net foreign asset for us, so the 288 people bring it home. I would say we have about $10 billion from what you were indicating per annum. I think let’s have a neat way of bringing it back home or leveraging of it."
Some of the Zimbabweans named include top executives at Innscor Africa, Zinona Koudounaris and Michael Fowler; Zimplats chief executive officer, Alex Mhembere; Sable Chemicals boss, Jackson Murehwa and others.
ICIJ opens database to crowdsourcing, hoping it will lead to more details about exploitation of international tax havens
Reserve Bank Governor John Mangudya told VOA in an e-mail statement: “According to our records we do not have any approval for the persons whom you have mentioned.”
The anonymous source behind the leak of the Panama Papers said that "income inequality is one of the defining issues of our time," and cited the need for governments to do more to address the issue.
VOA's Jim Randle, Sri Mulyani Indrawati called on policymakers worldwide to draw up new laws and cooperate more closely.
Emails illustrate how a foreign oil-and-gas firm attempted to dodge a $400 million tax bill; government already sued and won payment, but critics want tougher regulation
The Panama Papers are likely to spark new prosecutions of people accused of providing funds to terror groups, and boost political pressure to tighten financial rules in the United States. As VOA’s Jim Randle reports.
Award-winning journalist Ray Choto among ICIJ members invited to team up on ‘one of the biggest data projects ever’
British Prime Minister David Cameron has admitted that he had profited from a so-called "shell" company set up by his late father. This follows revelations about the scale of offshore wealth exposed by a leak from a Panama-based law firm earlier this week. Henry Ridgwell reports.
VOA Zimbabwe's Ray Choto is among 370-journalists involved in the elaborate investigation of offshore dealings captured in the Panama Papers. In an interview with Vincent Makori of VOA's Africa 54 TV program, Choto elaborates on allegations against Zimplats.
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