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Zimbabwe: China Launches Unusual Attack On Journalist Over Diamond Miner
New Zimbabwe, 27 August 2020
China this week launched an unusual attack on a senior Zimbabwean journalist, Tawanda Majoni, accusing him of corruption and harbouring political ambitions over a recent article he… Read more »
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Zimbabwe: Mnangagwa Celebrates 2nd Anniversary in Power Amid Economic Gridlock
263Chat, 27 August 2020
President Emmerson Mnangagwa today celebrated two years since his inauguration in August 2018 amid mixed feelings over successes recorded in overturning the country's economic… Read more »
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Zimbabwe: 'Politics, Corruption Retarding Mining Sector Growth'
Zimbabwe Independent, 28 August 2020
The archaic Mines and Minerals Act of 1961, which has failed to address issues of transparency and accountability, has been a contributor to the poor performance of the mining… Read more »
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Zimbabwe: Unsustainable Diamond Mining Perpetuating Conflicts and Loss of Lives in Marange
Kubatana.net, 21 August 2019
On Sunday 18 August 2019, 6 unemployed youngsters from Chareka (2), Gamunorwa (1) villages under Chief Marange and (2) from communities surrounding Marange of 35 and miles broke… Read more »
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Zimbabwe: Outcry Over Chinese Firm's Return to Chiadzwa
New Zimbabwe, 15 July 2019
Villagers in Manicaland's diamond rich Chiadzwa area in Marange have expressed anger at government's decision to unilaterally grant licences to two companies including one that is… Read more »
Dare to Question Where Zimbabwe's Diamond Money Is Going?
China has reportedly launched an attack on Tawanda Majoni, a senior Zimbabwean journalist, accusing him of corruption and harbouring political ambitions after Majoni queried the secretive readmission of Chinese mining firm Anjin, which was booted out of the diamond fields by the late former president Robert Mugabe in 2016 for allegedly looting gems worth billions of dollars. Villagers in Manicaland's diamond rich Chiadzwa area have also expressed anger at government's decision to unilaterally grant licences to the mining firm, which is also accused of widespread worker abuse. Two years since his inauguration in August 2018, President Emmerson Mnangagwa has failed to live up to his pre-election promises to stabilize the economy, tackle corruption as well as respecting property and human rights.
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The U.S. has banned the trade of artisanal rough cut diamonds from Marange on allegations that they were produced using forced labour as problems continue to mount on President ... Read more »
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Zimbabwe has gained no tangible benefit from the Chiadzwa diamonds, which speaks to the high level of corruption during former president Robert Mugabe's rule. Now under President ... Read more »
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