Centre for Natural Resource Governance

Residents of Arda Transau in Eastern Zimbabwe who were forcibly relocated from their ancestral villages to make way for mining in one of the world’s largest diamond-producing projects in Marange are still living in abject poverty 15 years…
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Zanu-PF councillor Scott Sakupwanya is allegedly being sponsored by powerful political elites to buy gold on their behalf in key belts while promoting Illicit financial flows (IFFs) responsible for leakages of an estimated 3 tonnes of gold,…
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The Chinese are looting resources in Zimbabwe while treating locals as second class citizens and President Emmerson Mnangagwa is not taking any action against this, says Centre for Natural Resource Governance (CNRG) Executive Director Farai…
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CNRG in a statement commending the government's decision to cancel all mining claims in National Parks, added that it hoped the remaining secret titles would “indeed be cancelled”.
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A documentary film was launched yesterday highlighting an unfortunate story of how the extractive sector was a curse to the Marange community where the precious diamonds were discovered.
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Some foreign investors have lined their pockets through unscrupulous deals with connected Zanu (PF) individuals and ministers to plunder diamond revenue, says a local NGO.
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Zimbabwe’s government is being urged to renegotiate mining agreements it has made with some foreign investors, who have been accused of using the country’s political crisis to take advantage of its mineral wealth.
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Zimbabwe’s new Mines Minister Walter Chidhakwa has been urged to reveal the names of people he claims have tried to bribe him since he was sworn into office last year.
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Three years ago Motor Action were crowned champions of Zimbabwe football and, in an era where there was no sponsorship for the league championship, the club did not receive even a cent for their phenomenal achievement.
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The Mbada diamond mining firm that operates in the Marange region has been criticised for a record breaking football tournament sponsorship deal, despite the abject poverty facing thousands of people removed from the area.
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