Fears of fresh diamond rush loom in Manicaland

Another potential Chiadzwa diamonds disaster is looming in Tsvingwe, near Penhalonga, in Manicaland province amid reports that the ZCDC engineers have been deployed for exploration of diamonds, a resources pressure group has warned.

The presence of mining engineers in Tsvingwe is now seen as a precursor of government's takeover of the fields and displacement of villagers reminiscent of what happened in Chiadzwa where villagers were subjected to gross human rights abuses when government launched Operation No Return.

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