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Marange communities protest ZCDC retrenchments

Communities in Zimbabwe's diamond-rich Marange fields have launched a rare protest against the state-owned Zimbabwe Consolidated Diamond Company (ZCDC), demanding an immediate halt to a retrenchment exercise that has already left hundreds …

Published: 01 Aug 2025 at 13:06hrs | 489 | by Staff reporter

ZimParks shoots stray lion in Marange

Villagers in Mutsago area, Marange, can finally breathe a sigh of relief after a stray lion that had been wreaking havoc in the community was shot and killed by rangers from the Zimbabwe Parks and Wildlife Management Authority (ZimParks) o…

Published: 29 Apr 2025 at 07:08hrs | 362 | by Staff reporter

Lions wreak havoc in Marange

A series of lion attacks in Mutsago village, located in Marange, Manicaland province, has sparked fear and uncertainty among residents who are now grappling with the loss of livestock and growing safety concerns. In the past week alone, th…

Published: 28 Apr 2025 at 12:45hrs | 843 | by Staff reporter

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 beacon of hope for the country's economic revival…

Published: 01 Oct 2024 at 15:09hrs | 962 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana

Johane Marange throws its weight behind Mnangagwa?

The Johane Marange Apostolic Church has thrown its weight behind President Mnangagwa and his administration ahead of the August 23 harmonised elections.The church has also called for peace to prevail before, during and after the elections.…

Published: 15 Aug 2023 at 06:31hrs | 16 | by Staff reporter

Johanne Marange members gather for passover

THOUSANDS of Johanne Marange Apostolic sect members are gathered in Marange for their annual passover, the second after the death of their leader Noah Taguta Momberume last year.His death ignited a wrangle  over the control of the chu…

Published: 12 Jul 2023 at 08:19hrs | 12 | by Staff reporter

Mozambique bans Johane Marange Apostolic sect

The government of Mozambique has banned the Johane Marange Apostolic Sect for allegedly encouraging child marriage and disregarding health issues.The controversial religious sect, which has its origins in the neighbouring country of Zimbab…

Published: 04 Jun 2023 at 12:58hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter

Marange's grave tampered with as sect fight rages on

THE Johane Marange Apostolic sect founder, Johane Muchabaya Momberume's grave was allegedly tampered with over the weekend in a suspected ritual case.The late sect leader's family members are fighting to control one of the country's larges…

Published: 06 Dec 2022 at 05:06hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter

Marange villagers take police head-on

CHIADZWA villagers and civil society organisations (CSOs) have sued the police for banning a planned demonstration against the looting of diamonds and human rights abuses perpetrated by State security agents in Marange.The villagers filed …

Published: 28 Nov 2022 at 04:56hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter

Marange villagers demand relocation

VILLAGERS in Marange are demanding relocation in protest against being put in a restriction camp under the Protected Places and Areas Act (PPAA).The villagers, who said PPAA had subjected the area to underdevelopment, triggering increased …

Published: 10 Nov 2022 at 04:58hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter

Mnangagwa heads for Marange

PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa is expected to visit the Johanne Marange apostolic sect in Manicaland province this week to attend the church's annual Passover.Early this year, Mnangagwa secretly visited the sect's headquarters in Bocha follo…

Published: 05 Jul 2022 at 07:05hrs | | by Staff reporter

Johanne Marange leader burial today

JOHANNE Marange Apostolic Church leader Noah Taguta Momberume will be buried today, three days after congregants were said to be camping in Manicaland's Marange communal lands anxiously awaiting his resurrection.He died on Sunday.Manicalan…

Published: 20 Apr 2022 at 08:08hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter

Johane Marange leader dies

The leader of Johane Marange Apostolic Church, High Priest St Noah Taguta Momberume has died. He died yesterday afternoon and believed to be in his gos. Minister of State for Manicaland Provincial Affairs and Devolution Nokuthula Matsikeny…

Published: 18 Apr 2022 at 10:26hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter

Johanne Marange 'rapist' hubby denied bail

A JOHANNE Marange apostolic church member Hatirarami Momberume (26), whose 14-year-old wife died while giving birth at a church shrine in July, was yesterday further remanded in custody by a Mutare magistrate.Momberume first appeared befor…

Published: 04 Sep 2021 at 19:45hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter

Marange teen mother's parents face arrest

POLICE yesterday said they had arrested Hatirarami Momberume, also known as Evans Momberume (26), following the alleged death of a 14-year-old minor on July 15 while giving birth at the Johane Marange Apostolic sect shrine in Mafararikwa, …

Published: 20 Aug 2021 at 07:23hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter

'Husband' of a 14-year-old girl who died during child birth arrested

The "husband" of a 14-year-old girl who died during child birth is behind bars after he was charged with having sex with a minor.Evans Momberume is set to appear at the Mutare Magistrates Court on Thursday following his arrest in the easte…

Published: 18 Aug 2021 at 19:54hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter

Police close in on Johane Marange 'rapist' husband

POLICE in Manicaland province have reportedly arrested several members of the Johane Marange Apostolic sect in connection with a teenage mother who died while giving birth at the sect's shrine in Bocha.This was revealed yesterday by Women'…

Published: 13 Aug 2021 at 07:05hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter

Marange villagers, ZCDC bury the hatchet

KUSENA villagers in Marange, who last week had resisted an order by the Zimbabwe Consolidated Diamond Company (ZCDC) to temporarily vacate their homes so that the diamond miner can engage in exploration activities finally capitulated, News…

Published: 03 Aug 2021 at 07:22hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter

Govt 'pampers' Mapostori

The government has been accused of favouritism after spearheading the tarring of a road leading to the main shrine of the Johanne Marange apostolic sect in Manicaland.At least 10km of the road in Mafararikwa has been tarred.The development…

Published: 25 Jul 2021 at 08:22hrs | | by Staff reporter

Police denied entry into Marange apostolic sect shrine

OFFICERS at Marange Police Station were reportedly denied entry into the Johane Marange shrine in Mafararikwa village, Bocha, since July 3 when over 30 000 members of the sect started their annual Passover in contravention of a COVID19indu…

Published: 19 Jul 2021 at 06:49hrs | 16 | by Staff reporter

Johane Marange sect gathers thousands in lockdown defiance

Members of the Johanne Marange Apostolic sect congregants are gathering in thousands in Mafararikwa area under Chief Marange for a two week Passover ceremony despite church gatherings being banned during the level four Covid-19 lockdown, T…

Published: 10 Jul 2021 at 18:19hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter

Please President, Stop the Spread of Covid 19 in Marange

Level Four national lockdown regulations have been introduced  to curb the rising tide of Covid-19 infections.In his announcement, President Mnangagwa announced enhanced national lockdown measures that include a ban on all public gath…

Published: 06 Jul 2021 at 15:26hrs | | by Fanuel Chinowaita

New dry port identified in Marange

GOVERNMENT has identified a site to construct a new dry port to cater for commercial cargo between Zimbabwe and Mozambique via Forbes Border Port near Mutare.The new site has been identified in the Marange area and measures 45 hectares.It …

Published: 11 Jun 2021 at 07:30hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter

'Gold to Zimbabwe what oil is to Nigeria, can turn around our fortunes' - not whilst US$1.2b p.a. lost to smugglers

On 3 March 2016 President Mugabe admitted that the nation had lost $15 billion worth of diamonds because of the looting and plunder in Marange and Chiadzwa."This kind of plunder must immediately make Zimbabweans pass a vote of no confidenc…

Published: 27 Feb 2021 at 09:42hrs | 3 | by Patrick Guramatunhu

De Beers snubs Zimbabwe invitation to mine diamonds in Marange

De Beers and Vast Resources will be allowed to explore for diamonds in Zimbabwe, which would make them the first listed companies to mine there in that sector for two years, Mining Minister Winston Chitando saidA spokesman for De Beers, an…

Published: 18 Dec 2018 at 07:42hrs | 2 | by Reuters

'Need transparency' to end diamond looting, urge Global Witness - ED's answer, Voto fraudulento continua!

"The discovery of huge deposits of diamonds in Marange, eastern Zimbabwe, in the mid-2000s came at a time when Zimbabwe was facing crises on multiple fronts," said Global Witness in its recent report."However, rather than injecting much-ne…

Published: 09 Dec 2018 at 21:25hrs | 1 | by Nomusa Garikai

'No to continued plunder of our resources' - Marange: The Imprisoned Community

The discovery of diamonds in Marange in 2006 located in the Eastern part of Zimbabwe did not translate into the much anticipated benefits to the local inhabitants. The yearning for positive development among the Marange people has become a…

Published: 24 Nov 2018 at 08:12hrs | 5 | by Brian Maregedze

Grand theft: How diamonds were looted in Marange

In June 2006, one of the world's largest alluvial diamond deposits was discovered at Marange in eastern Zimbabwe. Estimated to yield between US1 to 1.7 billion dollars per annum, the revenue from these diamonds has the potential to breathe…

Published: 09 Nov 2018 at 13:59hrs | 20 | by Mandla Ndlovu

Wishful vs Thoughtful thinking: The curse of Chamisa

Dreaming is good because one would be imagining what he/she wishes for, but it becomes dangerous when you dream of unreal things, hallucinating and pass them for reality. If you see yourself dreaming of village airports, bullet trains, shi…

Published: 14 May 2018 at 08:54hrs | 1 | by Brightface Mutema

Voting for Zanu pf will take us further back

People always make a comparison between Zimbabwe and our neighbours, South Africa, especially after a visit there. Someone will say our country could have been like this Africa economic giant because we had all it takes to be like Mzansi. …

Published: 04 Apr 2018 at 07:27hrs | | by AT Kadada

CIO company looted Zimbabwe diamonds

DESPITE reports that Kusena, a Central Intelligence Organisation (CIO)-owned company, which had mining rights in Chiadzwa, never took off, fresh evidence shows it operated under cover with a new name until it folded into the Zimbabwe Conso…

Published: 22 Sep 2017 at 20:40hrs | | by Staff reporter

Mugabe lied on stolen $15b diamonds, George Charamba says

President Robert Mugabe's spokesperson George Charamba has made sensational disclosure that Mugabe 'lied' to the nation that $15 billion worth of diamonds were stolen.Early last year, Mugabe made  startling revelations that diamonds w…

Published: 14 Jan 2017 at 12:06hrs | | by Alice Dube

Ncube advises frustrated Chinamasa to commit 'hara-kiri' - show by your example

Last week Zimbabwe's Minister of finance Patrick Chinamasa confirmed that Zimbabwe's economic meltdown is getting completely out of hand. The regime is now spending 97% of the collected revenue on civil servant wages alone, for example, up…

Published: 17 Sep 2016 at 23:21hrs | 1 | by Wilbert Mukori

Marange, a rich land with the poorest inhabitants

For decades, Marange has been known for nothing else save for poverty until some years ago when the greatest and most spectacular find of the century was made in that area. Expectations were high that the discovery of diamonds in Marange w…

Published: 21 Jun 2016 at 15:49hrs | 1 | by Rufaro Mufundirwa

Zim must 'demand' Mugabe resign over $15 b theft, argues Yamamoto - hardly noticed the theft!

On 3 March 2016 President Mugabe admitted that the nation had lost $15 billion worth of Marange diamonds because of the looting and plunder in Marange and Chiadzwa. â€¨â€¨â€¨"This kind of plunder must immediately make Zimbabwe pass a vote …

Published: 15 Mar 2016 at 13:05hrs | | by Patrick Guramatunhu

Villagers trapped in Marange diamond fields

Thousands of families are trapped in Marange diamond fields with their long wait for relocation dragging despairingly into an unknown future.Locals and human rights groups now hold government liable to the "prisoner status" of the more tha…

Published: 24 Feb 2014 at 13:01hrs | 4 | by Bernard Chiketo

Johane Marange factions fight for church regalia

The long running dispute between two church factions relating to ownership of church regalia and other paraphernalia resulted in the jailing of 10 members belonging to Taguta's faction, after their appeal failed to find favour in the High …

Published: 07 Feb 2014 at 16:13hrs | 12 | by Staff reporter

Depletion of Marange diamonds, firm retrenches 950

Anjin Investments has retrenched at least 950 workers out of close to 1 800 people since it started operations in 2010. About 190 of the remaining 845 workers still face the chop as the company targets to remain with at least 655 workers b…

Published: 11 Dec 2013 at 03:42hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter

Belgium demands lifting of Marange diamond sanctions

Brussels - Belgium, centre of the global diamond trade, is demanding that the European Union lift sanctions on a Zimbabwean mining firm despite deep concerns within the bloc over alleged fraud in a July election that kept President Robert …

Published: 06 Sep 2013 at 08:06hrs | 2 | by Reuters

Mugabe's rallies- what a tired campaign!

For the past weeks I have been religiously following the campaign trails by different political parties in Zimbabwe as the July 31 watershed harmonised election campaigns enter the homestretch. I should admit that I have been amazed m…

Published: 26 Jul 2013 at 05:55hrs | 2 | by Andrew Mambondiyani

Indian diamantaires pin hopes on Marange diamonds

Diamantaires in world's biggest diamond cutting and polishing centre in Surat are looking at Zimbabwe for the required supplies of rough diamonds during the year as diamond production of mining companies like De Beers has decreased phenome…

Published: 05 Feb 2013 at 17:02hrs | 3 | by Melvyn Reggie Thomas, TNN

Marange apostolic sect refuse to be counted

Scared of being counted in the just-ended census, members of Marange apostolic sect in Domboshawa fled into mountains yesterday when enumerators approached them as they were conducting a mop-up recount.Even Finance minister Tendai Biti cou…

Published: 30 Aug 2012 at 06:59hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter

Marange diamonds sold in US despite an American ban

Diamonds from Zimbabwe's Marange fields are being sold in the United States and elsewhere despite an American ban on doing business with the southern African country's national mining company, Chinese miner Anjin, said.Closely held Anjin d…

Published: 29 Jun 2012 at 08:20hrs | | by Bloomberg

Marange communities get boost

The state media reports that the Chiadzwa Community Development Trust (CCDT) has stepped up efforts to enhance the benefication process for the communities living in the Marange area with the locals castigating foreign NGOs for pursuing se…

Published: 06 May 2012 at 04:22hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter

Russia's state diamond company trying to get diamond mining contracts in Zim

Surat's diamond merchants are worried about reports that Russia's state diamond repository 'Gokhran' is trying hard to get rough diamond mining contracts in Zimbabwe's Marange diamond field.The development has come after a Chinese company,…

Published: 16 Jun 2011 at 10:41hrs | | by Ndou Paul

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