Ewan Alexander MacMillan (born 3 January 1971) is a Zimbabwean businessman and former rugby union player.
| Full name | Ewan Alexander MacMillan | ||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | 3 January 1971 | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Chinhoyi, Rhodesia | ||||||||||||||||
| School | Lomagundi College | ||||||||||||||||
| Occupation(s) | Gold trader | ||||||||||||||||
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Biography
editMacMillan was born in Chinhoyi, to parents who had emigrated from Perth, Scotland during the 1960s.[1]
Educated at Lomagundi College, MacMillan was a scrum-half for the Zimbabwe national rugby union team in the early 1990s, earning four caps. He made the Zimbabwe squad for the 1991 Rugby World Cup. After the side's loss to Ireland in the opening match, MacMillan was favoured over veteran scrum-half Andy Ferreira for their remaining two fixtures, against Scotland at Murrayfield and Japan at Ravenhill Stadium.[2] He has a son Bruce who also played for Zimbabwe.[3]
MacMillan followed his father Ian into the gold trading business and is a convicted smuggler.[4][5][6]
References
edit- ^ "Factfile". The Herald (Glasgow). 25 May 1995.
- ^ "Ferreira Out". South Wales Evening Post. 8 October 1991.
- ^ Munyuki, Paul (17 September 2007). "Zimbabwe: Sables Make Changes". The Herald (Zimbabwe).
- ^ "Zimbabwe: 'Mnangagwa Is My Partner, I Went to Prison to Protect Him' Claims Gold Smuggler Macmillan in Al Jazeera Exposé". New Zimbabwe. 29 March 2023.
- ^ Lange, Justine De (31 March 2023). "Who is Zimbabwean gold dealer, Ewan MacMillan? Everything to know". Briefly.co.za.
- ^ Ritzen, Yarno (5 April 2023). "Zimbabwe to investigate gold smuggling after Al Jazeera expose". Al Jazeera.
External links
edit- Ewan MacMillan at ESPNscrum