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Zimbabwe's diamond wealth enriches elites

For decades, diamonds have been celebrated as symbols of wealth and transformation â€” precious stones capable of reshaping entire nations. But in Zimbabwe's diamond-rich fields, the reality for local communities tells a darker story: disp…

Published: 24 Aug 2025 at 14:42hrs | 686 | by Staff reporter

Lab-grown diamonds causing havoc

South Africa's cabinet has approved participation in an international effort to boost the marketing of real diamonds, responding to the increasing appeal of lab-grown gems and funded by a 1 percent levy on the annual revenues of diamond co…

Published: 11 Aug 2025 at 10:16hrs | 774 | by Staff reporter

Zimbabwe unveils fund to support value chains

The Government of Zimbabwe has launched the Industrial Development Fund (IDF) to support the strengthening of domestic value chains, promote industrial growth, and increase the export of value-added goods. The IDF is designed to anchor imp…

Published: 24 Apr 2025 at 07:20hrs | 73 | by Staff reporter

Dembare fails to polish the Diamonds

Manica Diamonds 1-0 DynamosA first-half stunner from Charles Teguru was all Manica Diamonds needed to edge Dynamos 1-0 in a fiercely contested Castle Lager Premier Soccer League showdown at Sakubva Stadium on Sunday.Despite a dominant seco…

Published: 06 Apr 2025 at 11:29hrs | 198 | by Staff reporter

What role have I played in the destruction of Zimbabwe?

For over two decades, Zimbabwe has been trapped in a seemingly endless economic crisis that has brought untold suffering to millions. With over 70% of the population living below the poverty datum line and a staggering 90% youth unemployme…

Published: 30 Nov 2024 at 19:16hrs | 31009 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana

Africa must move with time

As we commemorate Africa Day, we need to reflect on the potential the continent has and devise ways to improve on our weaknesses and make the continent great.Africa is often referred to as a "land of riches" due to its abundance of natural…

Published: 23 May 2024 at 19:18hrs | 19 | by Leonard Koni

Bossolona still unbeaten at 16 games

Highlanders FC 1-0 Manica Diamonds FCIT took a really good run of play for Highlanders FC defender, Peter Muduhwa as he strode lengths yelling for a pass, and eventually he was there to score the ball that won this Castle Lager game at Bar…

Published: 23 Jul 2023 at 18:00hrs | | by Staff reporter

Bosso invites fans to Diamonds polishing event at BF

HIGHLANDERS will seek to maintain their spot at the top of the Castle Lager Premier Soccer League when they clash with Manica Diamonds at Barbourfields Stadium tomorrow.The Bulawayo giants lead with 31 points while Manica Diamonds sit on p…

Published: 22 Jul 2023 at 08:06hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter

Israel talks Zimbabwe up over diamonds

THE Israeli government is in talks with President Emmerson Mnangagwa's administration to directly buy Zimbabwean diamonds as relations between the two countries continue to warm up after several years of acrimony.Zimbabwe and Israel have n…

Published: 02 Oct 2020 at 07:48hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter

'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

The RBZ should be separated from politics

In any democratic country, politics is bound to be less stable from time to time as new leaders are voted in office. If not separated, the instability of politics is extended to the financial sector. Politicians have different perspective …

Published: 22 Jun 2018 at 07:31hrs | 7 | by Tryson G. Dube

Unpacking Zimbabwe's mining sector illicit financial flows

Soon after his inauguration the President of Zimbabwe Emmerson Mnangagwa announced that he has a list of individuals and corporates that has been externalizing money and assets and granted them a three-month moratorium to bring them back a…

Published: 31 May 2018 at 12:00hrs | 3 | by Davison Kaiyo

Zimbabwe working on new diamond policy

Government has started working on a new diamond policy which will lead to the unbundling of the Zimbabwe Consolidated Diamond Mining Company (ZCDC) to ensure more players are involved inthe sector, President Emmerson Mnangagwa has said.He …

Published: 21 May 2018 at 07:05hrs | | by Staff reporter

The sure curse of Murowa Diamonds

Dear Diamonds! Diamonds! Yes diamonds galore in impoverished Zimbabwe. Surely the story of Zim's diamonds needs revisiting for how can a country blessed with such gems be said to be poor? Who exactly is benefitting from these God given dia…

Published: 22 Feb 2018 at 19:01hrs | 11 | by Murowa Community Members

How Zimbabwe squandered its diamond riches

Just a year before its citizens couldn't find basic food items in their stores in 2007 and were literally starving, Zimbabwe made the largest diamond find in recent history. The Marange fields were so flush with alluvial diamonds that with…

Published: 17 Sep 2017 at 10:12hrs | 3 | by Shannon Ebrahim

We are re-using the 2013 election rigging template to win again in 2018 elections

The following is a hypothetical synopsis of ZANU PF rigging mission for the 2018 elections written in the first person. 'You are well aware that any election is a threat to the rule of our ZANU PF government, political positions of our com…

Published: 23 Jun 2017 at 22:46hrs | | by Themba Mthethwa

Businessman gunned down in Chiadzwa

A tuck-shop owner near the controversial Chiadzwa diamond fields  close  to  Kurauone Primary school was reportedly  gunned down by two yet to be known gun men at his business premises  early today.The deceased&nbs…

Published: 02 Feb 2017 at 19:14hrs | 2 | by Staff Reporter

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

Zimbabwe Needs to Recover $15 Billion Diamonds funds

It was quite frightening and nerve-raking to learn that Zimbabwe lost a whooping $15 billion dollars to fraudulent subversive activities in the diamond mining sector in the past six years. This prejudiced the state of funds which is more t…

Published: 10 Mar 2016 at 19:13hrs | 1 | by Suitable Kajau

Is the Mugabe regime smuggling diamonds via diplomatic bags?

With the Mugabe regime owing its diplomats at 47 missions nearly US$7million in salary arrears as at 31st December 2014, could it be smuggling diamonds via diplomatic bags to get them going? According to the U.S. Department of State, a dip…

Published: 30 Mar 2015 at 14:06hrs | | by Clifford Chitupa Mashiri

Citizens should assume responsibility for resources

Zimbabwe is endowed with an abundance of vast natural resources notably diamonds, gold and platinum to mention a few.These minerals and other resources have the potential to take care of Zimbabwe's citizens and propel the country to greate…

Published: 21 May 2014 at 14:14hrs | 1 | by Nicole Hondo

Diamond beneficiation: Zimbabwe's road to prosperity

The global value chain of the diamond industry includes exploration, mining, sorting, polishing, dealing, jewellery manufacturing and ultimately, retail.Zimbabwe is able to conduct the first three stages but must now focus on mastering the…

Published: 21 Jan 2014 at 16:53hrs | | by Garikai Chengu

Zimbabwe diamonds must be exploited in the national interest

We have been told for some time now that the alluvial deposits of diamonds at Marange are fast running out which has now been confirmed by the following article in today's copy of the Herald.Zimbabwe's diamond deposits in Marange have been…

Published: 09 Dec 2013 at 04:14hrs | | by David Coltart

The curse of Marange diamonds ...as relocated villagers wallow in poverty

There is a time when a rich resource can become a curse, either to the whole country or a specific community. This can be said of diamonds in Africa, a continent infamous for its bloody and violent civil wars. The wars fuelled by diam…

Published: 04 Nov 2013 at 06:23hrs | 5 | by Andrew Mambondiyani

Mbada Diamonds Cup - a case of skewed priorities

I was one of the many readers who used to follow Robson Sharuko's writings in the Herald until he was he tainted by the Asiagate scandal. Guilty or not guilty, I now rarely follow what he writes until last week when I stumbled upon his art…

Published: 28 Oct 2013 at 07:22hrs | | by Andrew Mambondiyani

Tsvangirai's diamonds speech at Oxford University - Fulltext

"The Zimbabwean experience of diamonds and how they have shaped our politics."It is always inspiring and a great honour to be invited to an august forum of such a prestigious and famous institution of higher learning and research. I s…

Published: 25 Oct 2013 at 12:21hrs | 3 | by Morgan Tsvangirai

Tendai Biti's advise to Zimbabwe's new minister on mines

The country's diamonds have acquired such notoriety for all the wrong reasons, corruption, arbitrage, rent and opaqueness.Without a doubt therefore Walter Chidakwa, the new Minister of Mines owes Zimbabweans a duty of care in ensuring a fu…

Published: 18 Sep 2013 at 15:34hrs | | by Tendai Biti

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 facts about the operations.Thinking that t…

Published: 03 Jul 2012 at 05:03hrs | 3 | by Tendai Moyo

US sanctions harmful to the generality of Zimbabweans - Biti

The following is a letter by Zimbabwe's Finance Minister Tendai Biti to the United States Treasury, expressing his disquiet with a decision to impose a ban on diamonds from Marange: 19 December 2011Charles CollynsAssistant Secretary o…

Published: 18 Jan 2012 at 07:29hrs | | by Tendai Biti

De Beers statement on Chiadzwa diamonds smacks of sour grapes

A recent statement from De Beers through its diamond retail, Forevermark, that it will not be selling diamonds from Chiadzwa alluvial fields in Zimbabwe because of their low quality, is rather patronising but unsurprising and smacks of sou…

Published: 21 Nov 2011 at 04:33hrs | | by Tendai Moyo

Will the KP green light increase remittances to Treasury?

The clearance of Marange diamonds for export by the Kimberley Process has understandably met with mixed reaction, with celebrations in Zanu-PF quarters and murmurs in civil society circles.The KP appears to have succumbed to Zanu-PF's high…

Published: 03 Nov 2011 at 12:31hrs | | by Clifford Chitupa Mashiri

Mugabe must account for the goings on at Marange

The reported ongoing shooting, beating and unleashing of attack dogs on poor local unlicensed miners in Marange exposes Zimbabwe's unashamed determination to disregard human rights and the rule of law. No sane person would wish that the la…

Published: 31 Aug 2011 at 13:05hrs | | by Clifford Chitupa Mashiri

Marange diamonds torture exposure vindicates civil society

Attempts to cover-up human rights abuses in Marange diamond fields have dismally failed after the BBC Panorama programme found that a torture camp run by Zimbabwean soldiers is operating in the area (BBC.co.uk, Marange diamond field: Zimba…

Published: 08 Aug 2011 at 15:31hrs | 1 | by Clifford Chitupa Mashiri | Political Analyst, London

Zimbabwe must promote diamond driven empowerment

As Zimbabwe prepares to be the largest diamond producer in the world, the State must not only play an active role in ensuring that the majority of indigenous Zimbabweans are empowered by diamond production, but they are also protect the in…

Published: 31 Jul 2011 at 07:50hrs | | by Garikai Chengu

Can the blood really be washed from the diamonds!

Zimbabwe's military generals, who increasingly control the country and its economy, stand to benefit from the decision to end sanctions against the country's diamond exports.Last month Mathieu Yamba Lapfa Lambang, the chairman of the Kimbe…

Published: 18 Jul 2011 at 14:26hrs | | by Gavin du Venage

Can the blood really be washed from the diamonds!

Zimbabwe's military generals, who increasingly control the country and its economy, stand to benefit from the decision to end sanctions against the country's diamond exports.Last month Mathieu Yamba Lapfa Lambang, the chairman of the Kimbe…

Published: 18 Jul 2011 at 13:15hrs | | by Gavin du Venage

MDC playing futile âˆšÂ¢â€šÃ‡Â¨Ã€ÃºundergroundâˆšÂ¢â€šÃ‡Â¨â€šÃ‘Â¢ politics

WHAT underground politics is Tendai Biti, the Minister of Finance and traitorous implementing tool of the illegal US and EU sanctions on Zimbabwe, playing by barking mad in his shrill and treacherous calls for the probing and auditing of t…

Published: 22 Feb 2011 at 06:50hrs | | by Professor Jonathan Moyo

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