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The curse of diamonds: How Zimbabwe's wealth is failing its people
I was listening this morning as the Minister of Mines, Winston Chitando, boasted over Zimbabwe's increasing diamond production. Indeed, Zimbabwe's diamond industry has long been touted as a be...Published: 01 Oct 2024 at 15:09hrs | 948 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
400 delegates jet into Zimbabwe for diamond Indaba
Approximately 400 delegates hailing from 59 countries, including Zimbabwe, are set to gather in Victoria Falls next week for the Kimberley Process Certification Scheme (KPCS) summit. The focus of thes...Published: 03 Nov 2023 at 05:35hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter
Vic Falls double header for Mnangagwa
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa will be in Victoria Falls today to lead key proceedings of two separate high-level international economic conferences as the Second Republic intensifies its efforts to accelerate d...Published: 23 Mar 2023 at 06:15hrs | 4 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Zimbabwe to scale up diamond cutting, polishing industry
MINES and Mining Development Minister Winston Chitando has said the country is targeting seven million carats this year as the country plans to scale up the diamond cutting and polishing industry....Published: 09 Mar 2023 at 05:21hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's diamonds sold for a song
Zimbabwe often sells its diamonds below market prices as they are not sought for and are even explicitly banned by major jewellery retailers for ethical reasons," ReportZIMBABWE is allegedly s...Published: 05 Feb 2023 at 08:28hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Jonathan Moyo praises Obert Mpofu...slams Coltart
Professor Jonathan Moyo has praised ZANU PF Secretary for Administration Obert Mpofu for getting Zimbabwe approved in the Kimberly Process Certification Scheme (KPSC). Moyo made the remarks in...Published: 08 Jun 2022 at 13:31hrs | 9 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Mnangagwa to open diamond conference today
THE extraordinary meeting of the Association of African Diamond Producing Countries (ADPA) and Council of Ministers will be officially opened by President Mnangagwa this morning.The President,...Published: 07 Apr 2022 at 06:37hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe elected Vice Chair of the Kimberly Process
ZIMBABWE has been elected vice chair of the Kimberly Process Certification Scheme (KPCS) and has further been nominated to chair the African Diamond Producers Association (ADPA).The two recogn...Published: 03 Apr 2022 at 08:21hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mining sector rakes in US$5,3 billion
Zimbabwe generated US$5,3 billion from mineral exports last year, half the US$12 billion mining industry target set for next year with output rising and new mines opening or re-opening, Mines and Mini...Published: 24 Mar 2022 at 05:17hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Muchinguri slams West for advancing regime change agenda
Defence and War Veterans Affairs Minister Oppah Muchinguri-Kashiri has criticised Western countries for advancing a regime change agenda through funding opposition aligned non-governmental organisatio...Published: 31 Jul 2021 at 05:46hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
Suffocating enablers of Zimbabwe's vision is the new plot
When the European Union and its big brother, the US, imposed sanctions on Zimbabwe, the central object as the then US Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs, Chester Crocker put it, was to m...Published: 15 Jul 2021 at 09:15hrs | 13 | by Tafara Shumba
Dr Kurotwi's comment on Ncube's piece in the Bulawayo24
Before outlining my comment in full, I want to straighten the incorrect position taken by Ncube when he accuses me for having singled out Obert Mpofu as corrupt.A historical narrative would as...Published: 04 Jul 2019 at 10:02hrs | 2 | by Dr. Lovemore Kurotwi
Zimbabwe diamonds to be classified as conflict gems?
THE 69th plenary meeting of the United Nations (UN) has resolved to include a discussion on whether Zimbabwean diamonds should be classified as conflict gems during the inter-governmental organisation...Published: 15 Mar 2019 at 17:13hrs | 15 | by Staff reporter
Pressure to block sale of Zimbabwe diamonds
AN alliance of international civil society organisations affiliated to the Kimberly Process Certification Scheme (KPCS) has urged the grouping of diamond-trading nations to classify Zimbabwe's gemston...Published: 09 Mar 2019 at 06:44hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Diamond exploration starts along highway
THE Zimbabwe Consolidated Diamond Company (ZCDC) has intensified diamond mining by spreading its tentacles from Chiadzwa to Murazvu Village A adjacent to Wengezi, along the Mutare-Masvingo highway, wh...Published: 18 Nov 2018 at 07:58hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
Marange diamond comes under the spotlight in Brussels
Human rights abuses in Marange and plans by the Zimbabwe Consolidated Diamond Company (ZCDC) to rope in artisanal miners risk putting the country on the agenda of the Kimberley Process Certification S...Published: 10 Nov 2018 at 11:15hrs | 1 | 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 | 8 | by Wealth of Nations
Zimbabwe pays Russians $5 million for diamonds
Zimbabwe has paid $5 million-plus to buy out Russian-led miner DTZ-OZGEO for expropriating its diamond claims in Chimanimani.This also comes as parliament is cranking up pressure on President ...Published: 04 May 2017 at 14:41hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe diamond operations among the best in Africa
KPCS chairman Ahmed Bin Sulayem, who was in Zimbabwe on a familiarisation tour of the country's diamond industry, said Zimbabwe diamond operations are among the best in Africa.Sulayem said thi...Published: 30 Sep 2016 at 06:49hrs | 2 | by Staff Reporter
Looted Zimbabwe diamonds money 'stashed' in UK
Investigations into alleged looting of proceeds from the Chiadzwa diamond fields have extended to London following revelations by a British Parliamentarian that some of the money was stashed in th...Published: 12 Jun 2016 at 08:48hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zim consolidates diamond mining in Chiadzwa
Zimbabwe has consolidated diamond mining operations in Chiadzwa procedurally and indicated that it will not dump this model as it has worked effectively in other countries, a Cabinet minister has said...Published: 22 May 2016 at 09:35hrs | 2 | by Lincoln Towindo
Mujuru to engage the Chinese Embassy
Zimbabwe People First (ZPF) leader Joice Mujuru has called for a thorough investigation by the Chinese Communist Party's graft-busting organ, the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection, into cla...Published: 26 Mar 2016 at 15:02hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe diamonds: A tale of unending controversy. . . Only US$2,2bn in 10 years
AS Government pulls the plug on private diamond miners operating at Chiadzwa diamond mining fields in Marange, Manicaland, damning statistics indicate that the rough diamonds only managed to earn the ...Published: 28 Feb 2016 at 17:27hrs | 27 | by staff reporter
Australia refuse to clear Zimbabwe to attend 2017 KPCS meetings
Zimbabwe and Australia have reached a deadlock over the participation of the African country when the western nation assumes the Kimberly Process Certification Scheme (KPCS) chairmanship in 2017.&...Published: 21 Nov 2015 at 17:24hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's diamonds lose bling
According to the latest figures from the Kimberly Process Certification Scheme (KPCS), the volume of diamonds produced by Zimbabwe in the year under review took a 55% nosedive to 4.8 million carat...Published: 28 Aug 2015 at 07:10hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe diamond production down 36%
Diamond production in the first quarter was down 36 percent to 419 788,5 carats from 660 000 in the comparable year ago period. The downward trend is expected to continue in the short ter...Published: 07 Jul 2015 at 07:50hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
CAR appeals to Mugabe over KPCS registration
The Central African Republic (CAR) says it will engage the African Union chair to seek solutions following strong objections to its Kimberley Process Certification Scheme (KPCS) registration bid by ci...Published: 25 Jun 2015 at 16:09hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe on KPCS Agenda again
Reports coming in from Zimbabwe's media regarding the Kimberley Process Certification Scheme's (KPCS) Intersessional meeting in Luanda, Angola, seem to indicate that, once again, Zimbabwe's diamond mi...Published: 25 Jun 2015 at 08:45hrs | 1 | by diamondintelligence
Mugabe opens Zimbabwe Diamond Conference
President Robert Mugabe has officially opened the second Zimbabwe Diamond Conference, amid calls for value addition of the mineral resource for the economic development of Zimbabwe.In his spe...Published: 07 Nov 2014 at 19:44hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Let us bring back diamond sales to Zimbabwe
On 15 September 2014 the Daily News led with a story that about $45 million in diamond revenue had been seized by a South African company in Belgium after it had been granted an interim order agai...Published: 17 Sep 2014 at 08:13hrs | 2 | by Tawanda Museve
Westerners launch fresh bid to block sale of Zimbabwe diamonds
WESTERN countries have launched a fresh bid to block the sale of Zimbabwe diamonds using the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, sources close to the Dubai Diamond industry have co...Published: 09 Apr 2014 at 23:14hrs | 2 | by Staff Report
Zimbabwe pin hopes on China's Kimberley Process chairmanship
Government says it looks forward to China's Kimberley Process (KP) Chairmanship for the next 12 months, amid optimism that the Asian economic powerhouse will ensure the grouping remains a credible too...Published: 06 Jan 2014 at 13:50hrs | 1 | by Staff Reporter
'Tendai Biti received Marange diamond cash,' says KP
SUBSTANTIAL revenue from Marange diamond fields have evidently been going into state coffers, despite claims to the contrary by former finance minister Tendai Biti of the opposition MDC-T party....Published: 25 Nov 2013 at 04:13hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
MDC-99 joins Zanu-PF's sanctions chorus
MDC 99 has called on the European Union and the United States to unconditionally lift the illegal sanctions they imposed on diamond mining companies.The party's secretary for International Rel...Published: 08 Apr 2013 at 02:57hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
ZMDC blasts the west over sanctions
The Chairman of the Zimbabwe Mining Development Corporation (ZMDC), Mr Godwills Masimirembwa has castigated the west for continuing to scuttle the advancement of mining activities in the country throu...Published: 03 Jan 2013 at 17:05hrs | 2 | by Staff Reporter
Is Zimbabwe a victim of the Babel Curse!
Is Zimbabwe a victim of the Babel Curse? I wonder. But first, Tendai Biti. Quite a humourous guy, is he not? So humourous that he does not mind laughing at himself even. I am of course referring to hi...Published: 04 Aug 2012 at 13:50hrs | 1 | by Nathaniel Manheru
No room for EU in Zim diamonds
When it was announced that a delegation from the European Union was going to tour Chiadzwa diamond fields, we readily welcomed the move thinking that the Western bloc was seeking to establish true fac...Published: 03 Jul 2012 at 05:03hrs | 2 | by Tendai Moyo
Mujuru attacks MDC-T
POLICY inconsistency by MDC-T in Government is hampering the development of the national economy, Zanu-PF Vice President and Second Secretary Joice Mujuru, has said.Addressing delegates at a Z...Published: 30 Jun 2012 at 16:21hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Biti accused of spying for western countries
Finance Minister Tendai Biti has been accused of trying to use his position in Government to spy on the country's classified information on behalf of Zimbabwe's Western enemies and other multilateral ...Published: 28 Jun 2012 at 09:13hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
The reforms Zimbabwe badly needs
I was most amused to hear Morgan Tsvangirai, the MDC-T president threatening Generals for political involvement. He, of all people! Just two weeks before, the man had met with one General Wesley Clark...Published: 09 Jun 2012 at 07:32hrs | 4 | by Nathaniel Manheru
Western bloc's KPCS proposal set to face opposition
Proposals by the Western bloc within the Kimberly Process Certification Scheme to redefine both the KPCS Charter and set up a full secretariat are set to face opposition when the KP participants meet ...Published: 04 Jun 2012 at 12:43hrs | 2 | by Luckmore Safuli in Washington DC, USA
USA temporarily suspend Obert Mpofu's travel ban
Zimbabwe Mines Minister Obert Mpofu left the country on Sunday for a crucial meeting of the Kimberley Process Certification Scheme (KPCS) to be held in Washington DC as it emerged the United States o...Published: 04 Jun 2012 at 05:53hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Mpofu leads a 25-member delegation to attend KPCS meeting in the US
THE Minister of Mines and Mining Development, Dr Obert Mpofu, will today lead a 25-member delegation to the United States to attend the Kimberly Process Certification Scheme (KPCS) meeting.Th...Published: 02 Jun 2012 at 05:26hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
EU bribes minister with 3 600 euro over Chiadzwa diamonds
State media on Sunday reported that the European Union (EU) corruptly paid a Liberian deputy minister to induce him to compile a false and hostile report on Zimbabwe's diamond mining sector.In...Published: 09 Apr 2012 at 05:00hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
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
We are spending unacceptable amount of money on government trips - Biti
On the day he delivered a post 2012 budget statement, Finance Minister Tendai Biti was Lance Guma's guest on Question Time, answering questions from SW Radio Africa listeners. The MDC-T Secretary Gen...Published: 21 Mar 2012 at 21:17hrs | 2 | by Lance Guma
Diamonds discovery to uplift Tsholotsho
The Minister of Mines and Mining Development, Dr Obert Mpofu has said the recent discovery of mineral deposits in Tsholotsho in Matabeleland North will benefit the area and the country as a whole....Published: 06 Mar 2012 at 05:24hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Tsvangirai, Mutambara: If it ain't broken, fix it; if it's broken praise it
The one thing I have always rued about being Zimbabwean is this our propensity to ensure our total compliance with the Sabbath, total compliance with the ten commandments. Zimbabweans would rather th...Published: 25 Feb 2012 at 05:55hrs | 2 | by Nathaniel Manheru
Another Zimbabwean mine certified to sell diamonds
In a major boost for Zimbabwe's diamond production, a new mine has been certified to sell gemstones under the Kimberly Process Certification Scheme (KPCS), bringing to four the number of compliant com...Published: 12 Feb 2012 at 08:42hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Western-sponsored civil society groups regroup against Marange diamonds
According to the state controlled the 'Sunday Mail', western-sponsored civil society groups that are opposed to Zimbabwe's diamond industry have regrouped following their failure last year to campaign...Published: 12 Feb 2012 at 05:37hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
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