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Chiadzwa diamond panner jailed for 2 years
A 41-year-old man has been sentenced to two years in prison after being convicted of illegally prospecting for minerals in the diamond-rich Chiyadzwa area, the National Prosecuting Authority of Zimbab...Published: 23 Jul 2025 at 17:49hrs | 623 | by Staff reporter
Villagers, army officers in violent clashes
VILLAGERS in the Chiadzwa area of Manicaland province this week clashed with soldiers and police officers manning the Marange diamond fields.The confrontation erupted at Chingome Business Cent...Published: 22 Jan 2023 at 13:20hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Illegal diamond dealer robbed of US$10,000
ARMED robbers raided an illegal diamond buyer at Marange diamond fields last Friday and robbed him of US$10 000 and a vehicle at gunpoint after dangling pieces of diamonds to the unsuspecting diamond ...Published: 22 Nov 2022 at 04:54hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe govt turns to UN over gem ban
ZIMBABWE'S ruling Zanu-PF and 16 fringe opposition parties under the Political Actors Dialogue (Polad) have requested the United Nations (UN) to help it resume international trade in diamonds, the Zim...Published: 07 Nov 2021 at 08:07hrs | 13 | by Staff reporter
Famous ghosts that saved lives
Though stories of the dead returning from the afterlife to involve themselves in the affairs of the living are as old as humanity, they still send chills down many people's spines.When terrify...Published: 04 Aug 2019 at 10:12hrs | 1 | by Tendai Chara
Diamonds panner assaults, disarms ZCDC guard
A CHIMANIMANI illegal diamond panner on Saturday appeared in court for allegedly teaming up with 15 others, still at large, to assault and disarm a Zimbabwe Consolidated Diamond Company (ZCDC) securit...Published: 08 Apr 2019 at 06:43hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Mthuli Ncube told to get his 2% tax from diamond looters
VILLAGERS in Marange villagers have fiercely rebuffed the 2% electronic payments tax recently introduced by finance minister Mthuli Ncube saying the treasury chief must, alternatively, hunt down billi...Published: 05 Nov 2018 at 06:08hrs | | by Staff reporter
How diamond smuggling is thriving in Zimbabwe
SITTING under a shade with eyes glued on a road in Mozambique's Manica town's affluent suburb, a group of five young men scans all directions for potential suppliers of diamonds.The street is ...Published: 11 Mar 2018 at 09:26hrs | 12 | by Wealth of Nations
Obert Mpofu to be grilled like Chivayo on Monday
Parliament has summoned Home Affairs minister Obert Mpofu and other high-ranking bureaucrats who served under former president Robert Mugabe's administration as the legislative assembly continues to s...Published: 14 Feb 2018 at 15:43hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Chiadzwa security guards bash trespassing diamond panner to death
Seven security guards at the Chiadzwa diamond fields in Manicaland province were yesterday remanded in custody to January 15 following their arrest over the alleged murder of a diamond panner....Published: 04 Jan 2018 at 11:23hrs | 3 | by Staff Reporter
Diamond dealer loses $17k to illegal panners
A PROMINENT Mutare dealer lost $17 000 to four illegal diamond panners who lured him to the Chiadzwa diamond fields on the pretext of selling him some precious gems but later robbed him in broad dayli...Published: 03 Nov 2017 at 09:39hrs | 2 | by Straff Reporter
Diamond panners rob cop of AK47 rifle
THREE illegal diamond panners in Chiadzwa have been arrested on charges of robbing a Zimbabwe Republic Police Support Unit officer manning Marange diamond fields of his AK47 rifle with 30 rounds of am...Published: 27 Sep 2017 at 06:35hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chiadzwa chaos tip of iceberg, says Moyo
Alliance for the People's Agenda (APA) president, Nkosana Moyo has said the chaos rocking the Chiadzwa diamond fields in Manicaland is evidence of a broken-down system at the highest level in the coun...Published: 14 Sep 2017 at 06:09hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mugabe's govt admits Chiadzwa killings
MANICALAND Provincial Affairs minister Mandiitawepi Chimene (pictured) has unwittingly confirmed the fatal shooting of diamond panners by State security agents assigned to guard the Chiadzwa diamond f...Published: 12 Sep 2017 at 08:09hrs | | by Staff reporter
Four illegal diamond miners drown in Chiadzwa
FOUR illegal diamond panners who trespassed into the protected Chiadzwa diamond fields drowned in a dam on Monday night following a chase by Zimbabwe Consolidate Diamond Company (Pvt) Ltd (ZCDC) secur...Published: 25 Aug 2017 at 10:21hrs | 9 | by Staff Reporter
Civil servants ordered to contribute towards Heroes celebrations
Zimbabwe Peace Project has reported that Civil servants in Mutasa South were ordered by the Mutasa District Administrator, Tendai Kapenzi, to contribute money towards the Heroes Day celebrations....Published: 09 Aug 2017 at 07:53hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
Cops letting panners into diamond fields
TWO Government ministers have blasted corrupt police officers letting illegal diamond panners into Chiadzwa mining concessions after receiving bribes, saying they were the root cause of seemingly unen...Published: 27 Jul 2017 at 06:34hrs | | by Staff reporter
Gunfire at Mugabe's diamond fields, 1 person dead, 3 seriously injured
ONE person was killed, while three others were seriously injured when Zimbabwe Consolidated Diamond Company (ZCDC) Private Limited security guards fired at over 200 armed illegal diamond panners who b...Published: 25 Jul 2017 at 07:12hrs | | by Staff reporter
112 illegal diamond panners arrested in Chiadzwa
112 people have been arrested in the diamond area of Chiadzwa in two days as police up their game in dealing with illegal diamond panners.The joint operation was carried out by the police in c...Published: 09 Mar 2016 at 19:49hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Illegal daimond panners perish in shaft
THREE illegal diamond panners from Buhera died after the shaft they were working on along Makodzi River collapsed and trapped them inside early Wednesday morning.Manica Post reported that the ...Published: 06 Mar 2016 at 10:49hrs | | by From Cletus Mushanawani in Chiadzwa
3 dead, 12 survive Chiadzwa tunnel trap
THREE illegal diamond panners from Buhera died after the shaft they were working on along Makodzi River collapsed and trapped them inside early Wednesday morning.The three were among 15 panner...Published: 05 Mar 2016 at 08:08hrs | | by Cletus Mushanawani
15 illegal diamond miners feared dead in Chiadzwa:
15 illegal diamond panners in Chiadzwa are feared dead after a heap of ore fell on them as they were engaging in illegal mining activities in the early hours of today.So far three have been co...Published: 02 Mar 2016 at 16:47hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Man attacks ex-lover for spurning reunion
A LOVE-STRUCK, Talent Ziki, from Manicaland could not stomach being turned down and attacked his former girlfriend, Judith Maphosa, with stones before torching her hut.Ziki (28) appeared b...Published: 24 Jun 2015 at 07:05hrs | | by Staff reporter
Why Mujuru deserves no sympathy
ZIMBABWE'S Vice President, or VeePee (VP), as she is often called, Mrs Joice Mujuru, is in an extremely unenviable position at the moment. I doubt she has slept well at night for the last three ...Published: 21 Nov 2014 at 07:17hrs | | by Ken Yamamoto
Spirits angry at govt over diamonds says Chief
MUTARE - President of the Chiefs' Council, Chief Fortune Charumbira has said diamond mining operations in Chiadzwa are facing numerous problems because the spirits are angry at government and mining c...Published: 22 Jun 2014 at 10:20hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Zanu-PF faces 'test' over fate of diamond profits
The Zanu-PF government is facing a major test over the fate of diamond sale profits, with millions of dollars being realised from recent sales.A second auction of diamonds from the controversi...Published: 27 Feb 2014 at 08:29hrs | | by Alex Bell
Former senior cop jailed for diamond miner's murder
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Manicaland, Matabeleland, Midlands - A new dawn, a new era a new dispensation
32 years into the myth called independence in a mythical nation called Zimbabwe, however the sad reality is that the Zimbabwe in question is Mashonaland. It is the people of Mashonaland that are enjoy...Published: 21 Apr 2012 at 13:07hrs | | by Mike Makoni
Zim diamond discovery has courted both controversy and fame
The discovery of diamonds in June 2006 by villagers in the Marange area in rural Chiadzwa, 90km southwest of Mutare, has been a mixed blessing for Zimbabwe.The Marange diamond fields - hailed...Published: 01 Apr 2012 at 10:59hrs | 2 | by Mark Scorfield - timeslive
Dead man (24) turns up 'awake' for his own funeral
A Mashonaland East Man (24), Shelton Chitima from Musami Village got a rare front-row seat at his own "funeral wake".His family arranged a funeral following reports he had been shot dea...Published: 18 Dec 2011 at 15:31hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
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