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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 | 494 | 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 | 365 | 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 | 847 | 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 | 965 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana

Johanne Marange church gathers amid cholera fears

Thousands of Johanne Marange Apostolic Church members have gathered at the Mafararikwa Shrine in Marange, Manicaland province, for their annual Passover, despite concerns over the country's cholera outbreak. This gathering, held every July…

Published: 09 Jul 2024 at 05:58hrs | 19 | by Staff reporter

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 | 18 | 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 | 9 | 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 | 8 | by Staff reporter

Mnangagwa's govt succumbs to pressure

PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has succumbed to public pressure and has opened the public transport system to other players, effectively ending a two-year ZUPCO monopoly.The move comes at a time civil society organisations have been calling …

Published: 09 May 2022 at 07:10hrs | 7 | 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 | 6 | by Staff reporter

Johanne Marange Church sued for marrying off young girls

The constitutionality of the Johanne Marange Apostolic Church doctrine of marrying off young girls and covering up alleged sexual abuse among congregants is now under the spotlight after gender activists sued the church and its high priest…

Published: 20 Sep 2021 at 07:08hrs | 7 | 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 | 6 | 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 | 7 | 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 | 19 | 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 | 6 | 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 | 8 | by Patrick Guramatunhu

'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 | 15 | by Brian Maregedze

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 Scheme (KPCS), experts and Parliament ha…

Published: 10 Nov 2018 at 11:15hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter

MDC-T Road to Victory (R2V): Nelson Chamisa on Tuesday

From London to Marange with love Introduction It was a tumultuous week in week in which I interacted with Zimbabweans in the United Kingdom and came back home to Zimbabwe where I spoke to the young and the old in rural Buhera, Makoni and M…

Published: 15 May 2018 at 15:14hrs | 6 | by Nelson Chamisa

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 | 8 | by Brightface Mutema

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 | 1558 | by Staff reporter

Dethroned Chief Marange appeals to Supreme Court

THE recently-dethroned Chief Marange, born Bernard Murwira Marange, has approached the Supreme Court challenging the nullification of his appointment as substantive chief by the High Court, arguing that the courts had no jurisdiction to de…

Published: 19 Sep 2017 at 06:29hrs | 491 | by Staff reporter

Mugabe boast of booting Chinese out of Marange, 'I'm bitter!' - subtle warning in naming and shaming

Whilst one can understand Mugabe's "bitterness" at being made to look the fool parading a fat cheque not even worth the paper it was written on. Still one has to question why he found it necessary to name and shame the Chinese, particularl…

Published: 20 Jun 2017 at 21:02hrs | 1087 | by Wilbert Mukori

Diamond marketer plans to leave Zimbabwe

FIRST Element, the company that has been solely marketing Zimbabwe's diamonds since 2014, says it will leave the country next year and hand over operations to locals following suspicions that it could be complicit in suspected undervaluing…

Published: 24 Jul 2016 at 09:20hrs | 3 | by Kuda Bwititi

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 | 8 | by Rufaro Mufundirwa

ZUNDE on Diamond Industry Debacle: Does Chidhakwa understand what he is doing?

Since the pronounced discovery of diamonds at Marange almost a decade ago, the Ministry of Mines has amazingly shown policy inconsistencies and to date, there is absolutely nothing to show to the people what benefit if any the nation has h…

Published: 02 Mar 2016 at 23:30hrs | 1091 | by David Mutori and Justice Benjamin Paradza

'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.This is according to classified documents fro…

Published: 25 Nov 2013 at 04:13hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter

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 | 6 | by Andrew Mambondiyani

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 for a total ban on the sale of Marange…

Published: 12 Feb 2012 at 05:37hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter

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 | 9 | by Clifford Chitupa Mashiri | Political Analyst, London

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