Time for resignations at Acacia mining & Barrick gold

Samantha Cole

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Acacia Mining – Fraud, Criminal Dealings & Deception in President Magufuli’s Face.
Time for resignations at Acacia Mining & Barrick Gold

An open and public letter to Barrick Gold Chairman, John L. Thornton

Dear Mr Thornton

We, the simple Tanzanian volunteers against corruption and fraud, wrote quite a few emails to you, to Kelvin Dushnisky, Brad Gordon & other senior directors and managers,
about the mess you and your company are making in our country.

You preferred to block our emails “as spam” because it did not suit you, White money-people, to hear the truth from simple Black non-money people.
Instead you sent security investigators to find us and when that failed, you sent super-expensive lawyers to threaten our group, and our families and also to threaten and intimidate the media companies who chose to allow us freedom of speech and expression. Did you know there is no more Colonialism in Africa (or anywhere else for that matter?)

We, the simple Tanzanian’s, emailed you numerous times requesting – almost begging you – to clean up the mess of your company’s activities here, but you took no notice. Now you see how things have gone from BAD to WORSE for you all, because you have the WRONG Barrick-Acacia people working here in your local offices. These Barrick-Acacia people continue to try manipulate and behave all wrongly in the face of our new President, Dr. Magufuli.
These Barrick-Acacia think that they can “play the same games” and “pull the same tricks” and “make the same arrangements” that they did in the 1990’s and during the past 15 years until President Magufuli took office.

Just look at the terrible state of your companies here. There are public charges of corruption, fraud, tax evasion, price transferring, falsifying export documentation – and no-one has forgotten the crimes of rape, murder, arson, environmental devastation and poisoning our rivers and water sources. If all these charges are not enough, last week, a Presidential Commission returned their findings to our President – Acacia is GUILTY!

Yes, you all (top management at Acacia Mining and Barrick Gold) are all GUILTY of the crime of under-invoicing and deliberately manipulating and under-stating values whereby cheating our country from the export royalties that should rightfully be paid.

If you ask your lawyers they will confirm that in our country, these are crimes punishable with JAIL sentences.

Our President demands the resignations of his key people who fail him. You can learn from President Magufuli and demand the resignations of Kelvin Dushnisky, Brad Gordon & other senior directors and managers in Acacia Mining for their total failure to manage Acacia Mining ethically, morally and compliance to the laws of the land.
In addition, their resignations should be demanded for the guilty verdicts (twice) of tax evasion last year and even more so, the fact that last week, they have been caught under-invoicing exports, price transferring, false declarations of exports and should we include money laundering as well?
The question is if you have the courage and resolution that our President has, to demand the resignations from Mr Dushnisky, Mr Gordon, Deo Mwanyika, Charlie Ritchie and others responsible for the illegal activities in our country! They can all run but they cannot hide!

Do you have any idea how much money you owe Tanzania from unpaid (deliberately) export tax royalties? What about company taxes for real profits not declared (whilst you pay hundreds of millions of dollars in dividends overseas? More crimes punishable with JAIL sentences.)

Your lies, deception, double standards and falsehoods late last year and early this year were directed mainly to romance Endeavour Mining to merge with Acacia Mining. Thank God for Tanzania that the merger failed. We certainly don’t need Endeavour Mining management people here in our country! But that’s old news and we prefer look forward.
It is no secret that for over a year Barrick Gold have been trying so hard to sell off its daughter company, Acacia Mining, but there have been no takers. No other company in the world has been even vaguely interested in Acacia Mining – not because of the production but because of the terrible problems and scandals that surround Acacia Mining in Tanzania. Now, Acacia’s complications are even worse!

Do you really think our President is worried about YOUR regular threats to close Buzwagi and Bulyanhulu mines?
Do you really think our President is worried about YOUR carefully initiated media reports in the overseas media referring to our President’s actions as:

“….. thanks to Government incompetence”
“…… everything to get back to normal in the next few months, once Tanzania
realizes its mistake.”
“why the claims of government of Tanzania simply can’t be right”

And many more….
How dare you insult our President and his Government when you are blatantly operating so illegally?

Mr. Gordon lied in the media trying to deceive Endeavour Mining regarding the extension of Buzwagi mine. Did he really think that Endeavour would not do their own due diligence and be tricked into believing Mr. Gordon?

More deception and lies directed as a threat to our President was published just two weeks ago in the local media where your Buzwagi Mine general manager Stewart Hamilton said that Acacia will stop the mining activities in December 2017 while other plant processes will cease in 2020. He was quoted, “According to our plan on the closure of Buzwagi Mine, we have decided to reduce the number of our manpower by 100 as an initial stage of the total closure in 2020”.

Mr. Thornton, just who are you trying to fool?
Your own people in the Acacia Mining offices who are so unhappy with your existing management are volunteering to assist our group with real information because they know the truth and the harm you are bringing on our country. They told us your publicised plans make no mining sense at all!!

Should we, “simple Black people” teach you, rich sophisticated White people, how to behave and operate with integrity and morality?
Mr Dushnisky, Mr Gordon and others from the UK and Canada will not step a foot into Dar es Salaam because they KNOW their crimes and they KNOW they will be prosecuted, even with their high-price lawyers fighting their battles.

We all know that its only a matter of time before Deo Mwanyika is called in by the Police and/or PCCB.
We all know how well you will create a “story” about this mess for your shareholders. As our British boss always says: You can fool some of the people all of the time.

Tanzanian’s are culturally peace loving people. You cannot undo the past; you can pay for past mistakes and you can ensure the future is better. However, for this, you need a clean broom. A broom not associated with the corruption, fraud and commercial cancer from the past. A new broom that you need to select and activate to start sweeping us the mess. A new broom with a big budget and a clear, honest vision for the future.

Yours sincerely

Samantha Cole
Samantha Cole
http://www.tanzaniabusinessethics.wordpress.com
 
Acacia Mining – Fraud, Criminal Dealings & Deception in President Magufuli’s Face.
Time for resignations at Acacia Mining & Barrick Gold

An open and public letter to Barrick Gold Chairman, John L. Thornton

Dear Mr Thornton

We, the simple Tanzanian volunteers against corruption and fraud, wrote quite a few emails to you, to Kelvin Dushnisky, Brad Gordon & other senior directors and managers,
about the mess you and your company are making in our country.

You preferred to block our emails “as spam” because it did not suit you, White money-people, to hear the truth from simple Black non-money people.
Instead you sent security investigators to find us and when that failed, you sent super-expensive lawyers to threaten our group, and our families and also to threaten and intimidate the media companies who chose to allow us freedom of speech and expression. Did you know there is no more Colonialism in Africa (or anywhere else for that matter?)

We, the simple Tanzanian’s, emailed you numerous times requesting – almost begging you – to clean up the mess of your company’s activities here, but you took no notice. Now you see how things have gone from BAD to WORSE for you all, because you have the WRONG Barrick-Acacia people working here in your local offices. These Barrick-Acacia people continue to try manipulate and behave all wrongly in the face of our new President, Dr. Magufuli.
These Barrick-Acacia think that they can “play the same games” and “pull the same tricks” and “make the same arrangements” that they did in the 1990’s and during the past 15 years until President Magufuli took office.

Just look at the terrible state of your companies here. There are public charges of corruption, fraud, tax evasion, price transferring, falsifying export documentation – and no-one has forgotten the crimes of rape, murder, arson, environmental devastation and poisoning our rivers and water sources. If all these charges are not enough, last week, a Presidential Commission returned their findings to our President – Acacia is GUILTY!

Yes, you all (top management at Acacia Mining and Barrick Gold) are all GUILTY of the crime of under-invoicing and deliberately manipulating and under-stating values whereby cheating our country from the export royalties that should rightfully be paid.

If you ask your lawyers they will confirm that in our country, these are crimes punishable with JAIL sentences.

Our President demands the resignations of his key people who fail him. You can learn from President Magufuli and demand the resignations of Kelvin Dushnisky, Brad Gordon & other senior directors and managers in Acacia Mining for their total failure to manage Acacia Mining ethically, morally and compliance to the laws of the land.
In addition, their resignations should be demanded for the guilty verdicts (twice) of tax evasion last year and even more so, the fact that last week, they have been caught under-invoicing exports, price transferring, false declarations of exports and should we include money laundering as well?
The question is if you have the courage and resolution that our President has, to demand the resignations from Mr Dushnisky, Mr Gordon, Deo Mwanyika, Charlie Ritchie and others responsible for the illegal activities in our country! They can all run but they cannot hide!

Do you have any idea how much money you owe Tanzania from unpaid (deliberately) export tax royalties? What about company taxes for real profits not declared (whilst you pay hundreds of millions of dollars in dividends overseas? More crimes punishable with JAIL sentences.)

Your lies, deception, double standards and falsehoods late last year and early this year were directed mainly to romance Endeavour Mining to merge with Acacia Mining. Thank God for Tanzania that the merger failed. We certainly don’t need Endeavour Mining management people here in our country! But that’s old news and we prefer look forward.
It is no secret that for over a year Barrick Gold have been trying so hard to sell off its daughter company, Acacia Mining, but there have been no takers. No other company in the world has been even vaguely interested in Acacia Mining – not because of the production but because of the terrible problems and scandals that surround Acacia Mining in Tanzania. Now, Acacia’s complications are even worse!

Do you really think our President is worried about YOUR regular threats to close Buzwagi and Bulyanhulu mines?
Do you really think our President is worried about YOUR carefully initiated media reports in the overseas media referring to our President’s actions as:

“….. thanks to Government incompetence”
“…… everything to get back to normal in the next few months, once Tanzania
realizes its mistake.”
“why the claims of government of Tanzania simply can’t be right”

And many more….
How dare you insult our President and his Government when you are blatantly operating so illegally?

Mr. Gordon lied in the media trying to deceive Endeavour Mining regarding the extension of Buzwagi mine. Did he really think that Endeavour would not do their own due diligence and be tricked into believing Mr. Gordon?

More deception and lies directed as a threat to our President was published just two weeks ago in the local media where your Buzwagi Mine general manager Stewart Hamilton said that Acacia will stop the mining activities in December 2017 while other plant processes will cease in 2020. He was quoted, “According to our plan on the closure of Buzwagi Mine, we have decided to reduce the number of our manpower by 100 as an initial stage of the total closure in 2020”.

Mr. Thornton, just who are you trying to fool?
Your own people in the Acacia Mining offices who are so unhappy with your existing management are volunteering to assist our group with real information because they know the truth and the harm you are bringing on our country. They told us your publicised plans make no mining sense at all!!

Should we, “simple Black people” teach you, rich sophisticated White people, how to behave and operate with integrity and morality?
Mr Dushnisky, Mr Gordon and others from the UK and Canada will not step a foot into Dar es Salaam because they KNOW their crimes and they KNOW they will be prosecuted, even with their high-price lawyers fighting their battles.

We all know that its only a matter of time before Deo Mwanyika is called in by the Police and/or PCCB.
We all know how well you will create a “story” about this mess for your shareholders. As our British boss always says: You can fool some of the people all of the time.

Tanzanian’s are culturally peace loving people. You cannot undo the past; you can pay for past mistakes and you can ensure the future is better. However, for this, you need a clean broom. A broom not associated with the corruption, fraud and commercial cancer from the past. A new broom that you need to select and activate to start sweeping us the mess. A new broom with a big budget and a clear, honest vision for the future.

Yours sincerely

Samantha Cole
Samantha Cole
http://www.tanzaniabusinessethics.wordpress.com
tatizo lenu mnadhani hao ni Chadema, CUF au ACT ambao mnaweza kuwapiga mikwara ya kitoto kama hii.

mmesahau kuwa hata mwenyekiti wa chama chenu aliwasifu hawa wazungu kwa kuwaita "WANAUME".

mmeukalia!!
 
[QUOTE = "M-bulletin, post: 28820176, member: 19553"] your problem you think is Chadema, CUF or ACT that you can beat as infants like this.

You have forgotten that even your party chairman praised these whites by calling them "Men".

mmeukalia!![/QUOTE]

My Friends,

Politics is not the long term answer to stopping corruption. We, the PEOPLE of Great Country, Tanzania, have to be aware of the cancer of corruption that is eating away at our society and destroying our country.


"mmeukalia" is not needed because our next generation is the answer to the future. The corrupt older generation here are corrupt and we cannot change that. No-one can force change on anyone else. People who are corrupt, are simply corrupt. Take the example of Deo Mwanyika from Acacia Mining. He is (was) a lawyer, a "sophisticated" educated man who travelled overseas and saw the world. But we all knew he was as corrupt as the sky is blue!
When President Magufuli started his war against corruption in October 2015, Deo had the choice to change his corrupt ways and start to worry about his future. Surely it is obvious that when a new Sheriff comes to town, the crooks have to change or leave. Deo stayed and continued in his corrupt ways because HE CANNOT CHANGE.
Now he sits in court.
What is more sad is they were acting on the instructions of Brad Gordon and Jaco Maritz, the CFO. Jaco hides overseas but we all know that he is one of the most corrupt Acacia people in the company.
Another was Katrina White, the lawyer. But she ran away from Acacia when the trouble was getting hotter.


So, my Dear Sisters and Brothers, we must prepare the next generation to rise to power with NO corruption and sin in the eyes of God. The PEOPLE must talk publicly about corruption every day. We have to teach how terrible this cancer is in our society.

:)
 
Mkuu unacho kifanya wewe ni kumuomba mwanaume mwenzio aache kumla mkeo ,stupid kabisa! Najua mawazo yako yamejijenga sana kwenye ujamaa na utu mkuu dunia ilishahama huko ,dont expect others to be fair if your not smart ,its a wild world right.

Eti leo nianze kukopesha magari kwa dhamana ya nyumba ,watu washindwe kulipa watoto wao waniandikie barua niache mikataba ya kuwatia umaskini asee ni spam tuuu

Again ACACIA are not in trouble mahakamani watashindinda tuu ,mzungu sio mzigua anajiandaa sana na yajayo,kilichopo sasa hivi ni wanatupika walete kesi watule mbaya .
 
Mkuu unacho kifanya wewe ni kumuomba mwanaume mwenzio aache kumla mkeo ,stupid kabisa! Najua mawazo yako yamejijenga sana kwenye ujamaa na utu mkuu dunia ilishahama huko ,dont expect others to be fair if your not smart ,its a wild world right.

Eti leo nianze kukopesha magari kwa dhamana ya nyumba ,watu washindwe kulipa watoto wao waniandikie barua niache mikataba ya kuwatia umaskini asee ni spam tuuu

Again ACACIA are not in trouble mahakamani watashindinda tuu ,mzungu sio mzigua anajiandaa sana na yajayo,kilichopo sasa hivi ni wanatupika walete kesi watule mbaya .

The criminal charges against Deo Mwanyika and Alex Lugendo (and all the executives of Acacia and Barrick) include:

LEADING ORGANISED CRIME
FORGERY
TAX EVASION
MONEY LAUNDERING
CONSPIRACY
UTTERING FALSE DOCUMENTS

CORRUPT TRANSACTION

Maybe some charges are weak? Maybe some charges are inaccurate? But where there is smoke, there is fire.

One way or another, Acacia Mining (as we know it) is FINISHED in Tanzania and we will see a new company controlled by the Randgold people after the merger with Barrick.

Watch..... :cool:

If anyone wants to read a copy of the Original COURT DOCUMENT from yesterday, please email us and we will send it to you: scoop20151@gmail.com
 
tatizo lenu mnadhani hao ni Chadema, CUF au ACT ambao mnaweza kuwapiga mikwara ya kitoto kama hii.

mmesahau kuwa hata mwenyekiti wa chama chenu aliwasifu hawa wazungu kwa kuwaita "WANAUME".

mmeukalia!!
Sometimes muwe mnasoma in details na pia muwe mnausoma msimamo wa mleta mada ndani na nje ya JF.
 
[QUOTE = "M-bulletin, post: 28820176, member: 19553"] your problem you think is Chadema, CUF or ACT that you can beat as infants like this.

You have forgotten that even your party chairman praised these whites by calling them "Men".

mmeukalia!!

My Friends,

Politics is not the long term answer to stopping corruption. We, the PEOPLE of Great Country, Tanzania, have to be aware of the cancer of corruption that is eating away at our society and destroying our country.

"mmeukalia" is not needed because our next generation is the answer to the future. The corrupt older generation here are corrupt and we cannot change that. No-one can force change on anyone else. People who are corrupt, are simply corrupt. Take the example of Deo Mwanyika from Acacia Mining. He is (was) a lawyer, a "sophisticated" educated man who travelled overseas and saw the world. But we all knew he was as corrupt as the sky is blue!
When President Magufuli started his war against corruption in October 2015, Deo had the choice to change his corrupt ways and start to worry about his future. Surely it is obvious
that when a new Sheriff comes to town, the crooks have to change or leave. Deo stayed and continued in his corrupt ways because HE CANNOT CHANGE.
Now he sits in court.
What is more sad is they were acting on the instructions of Brad Gordon and Jaco Maritz, the CFO. Jaco hides overseas but we all know that he is one of the most corrupt Acacia people in the company.
Another was Katrina White, the lawyer. But she ran away from Acacia when the trouble was getting hotter.


So, my Dear Sisters and Brothers, we must prepare the next generation to rise to power with NO corruption and sin in the eyes of God. The PEOPLE must talk publicly about corruption every day. We have to teach how terrible this cancer is in our society.

:)[/QUOTE]
Dont stop till they understand the power of your comments...Remember that you are speaking to the young generation infested with corruption ideas.
 
My Friends,

Politics is not the long term answer to stopping corruption. We, the PEOPLE of Great Country, Tanzania, have to be aware of the cancer of corruption that is eating away at our society and destroying our country.

"mmeukalia" is not needed because our next generation is the answer to the future. The corrupt older generation here are corrupt and we cannot change that. No-one can force change on anyone else. People who are corrupt, are simply corrupt. Take the example of Deo Mwanyika from Acacia Mining. He is (was) a lawyer, a "sophisticated" educated man who travelled overseas and saw the world. But we all knew he was as corrupt as the sky is blue!
When President Magufuli started his war against corruption in October 2015, Deo had the choice to change his corrupt ways and start to worry about his future. Surely it is obvious
that when a new Sheriff comes to town, the crooks have to change or leave. Deo stayed and continued in his corrupt ways because HE CANNOT CHANGE.
Now he sits in court.
What is more sad is they were acting on the instructions of Brad Gordon and Jaco Maritz, the CFO. Jaco hides overseas but we all know that he is one of the most corrupt Acacia people in the company.
Another was Katrina White, the lawyer. But she ran away from Acacia when the trouble was getting hotter.


So, my Dear Sisters and Brothers, we must prepare the next generation to rise to power with NO corruption and sin in the eyes of God. The PEOPLE must talk publicly about corruption every day. We have to teach how terrible this cancer is in our society.

:)
Dont stop till they understand the power of your comments...Remember that you are speaking to the young generation infested with corruption ideas.[/QUOTE]

We must try and try and try.... to remove that infestation that the kids learnt from the adults
 
tatizo lenu mnadhani hao ni Chadema, CUF au ACT ambao mnaweza kuwapiga mikwara ya kitoto kama hii.

mmesahau kuwa hata mwenyekiti wa chama chenu aliwasifu hawa wazungu kwa kuwaita "WANAUME".

mmeukalia!!
Mikwara ya kitoto au facts???? Kuonyesha kuwa Samantha Cole alikuwa na uhakika na alichoandika leo hii kuna wazee ambao walikuwa mabigi accacia wako rumande.
 
Mikwara ya kitoto au facts???? Kuonyesha kuwa Samantha Cole alikuwa na uhakika na alichoandika leo hii kuna wazee ambao walikuwa mabigi accacia wako rumande.

Abunwasi ....
Only FACTS.
For 3 years our group have been investigating Acacia Mining.
We cooperate with overseas organisations and journalists. If you read our website, you cannot find anything we wrote that we made a mistake.
Look at this short video - tell us if you find mistakes!


Acacia Mining is a SICK company filled with SICK, CORRUPT, DISHONEST executives.
Look how the sickness is slowly improving. Thank God these executives are all GONE over the past year+:
Gary Chapman
Katrina White
Brad Gordon
Andrew Wray
Mark Morcombe
Peter Spora
Kelvin Dushnisky
Deo Mwanyika
Michelle Ash


Can you see that change is happening?

ONLY FACTS !!!!!
 
Abunwasi ....
Only FACTS.
For 3 years our group have been investigating Acacia Mining.
We cooperate with overseas organisations and journalists. If you read our website, you cannot find anything we wrote that we made a mistake.
Look at this short video - tell us if you find mistakes!


Acacia Mining is a SICK company filled with SICK, CORRUPT, DISHONEST executives.
Look how the sickness is slowly improving. Thank God these executives are all GONE over the guyspast year+:
Gary Chapman
Katrina White
Brad Gordon
Andrew Wray
Mark Morcombe
Peter Spora
Kelvin Dushnisky
Deo Mwanyika
Michelle Ash


Can you see that change is happening?

ONLY FACTS !!!!!

Good Job guys
 
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