Chiadzwa

Soldiers and police officers guarding the Chiadzwa diamond and gold fields are now a threat in the area amid revelations they are facilitating massive looting and smuggling of the precious stones by artisanal miners who operate their…
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By Julias Muguwe The city of Mutare was then a hive of activity. Everyone wanted a piece of the cake. Arabs, Lebanese, South Africans started flocking into Harare for their loot. Diamonds were being smuggled willy-nilly. ZRP became…
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One artisanal miner was shot dead while dozens were injured after an estimated 300 men were found illegally prospecting for minerals at the Zimbabwe Consolidated Diamond Company (ZCDC) premises in Chiadzwa.
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Anjin is set to resume mining in Chiadzwa in May this year, while Russia’s Alsora will complete setting up its office by the end of next month, raising expectations Government will achieve its targeted haul of US$400 million in revenues…
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Chinese firm Anjin Investments (Private) Limited (Anjin) has lost a Constitutional Court application in which it sought the nullification of a 2016 government directive expelling it from the diamond-rich Chiadzwa fields.
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Despite the general consensus that the country did not benefit from the previous mining regime that existed in the Chiadzwa diamond fields before the formation of the Zimbabwe Consolidated Diamond Company (ZCDC), events on the ground…
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Parliament yesterday issued an ultimatum to former president, Mr Robert Mugabe, to appear before the Mines and Energy portfolio committee to give oral evidence on diamond leakage at Chiadzwa, which the ex-president claimed amounted to $15…
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The Parliamentary Portfolio Committee on Mines and Energy has resolved to issue another invite to former President Mr Robert Mugabe after he failed to appear before it yesterday to give oral evidence on diamond leakages at Chiadzwa.
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Traditional leaders in the Chiadzwa area have spoken out strongly against a demonstration staged on Monday against the Zimbabwe Consolidated Mining Company (ZCDC).
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The Parliamentary Portfolio Committee on Mines and Mining Development yesterday summoned former President Robert Mugabe to appear before it on May 9 to explain a claim he made in February 2016 that the country could have been prejudiced of…
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