Marange diamond fields

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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Over a thousand families relocated from the Marange diamond fields to Arda Transau in Odzi are taking government to court to demand compensation and title deeds for their properties.
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A document seen by Global Witness indicates that a company named “National Reconstruction Group, (NRG), hid a stake, held by ZANU-PF, Zimbabwe’s ruling party, in one of the diamond companies. Yet no mention was made of this during the…
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The Parliamentary Portfolio Committee on Mines and Energy has resolved to summon former president Robert Mugabe to appear for a hearing, as it seeks to conclude its probe into the alleged disappearance of $15 billion worth of diamonds from…
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The bodies of three illegal miners were recovered in the Marange diamond fields last month amid a fresh diamond rush, Mines minister Walter Chidakwa has told the Senate.
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By Lloyd Gumbo recently in CHIADZWA Mbada Diamonds could have prejudiced the State of millions of dollars by under-declaring its diamond sales over the years after it emerged its average price per carat was about three times lower than…
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By Darlington Musarurwa As Government pulls the plug on private diamond miners operating at Chiadzwa diamond mining fields in Marange, Manicaland, damning statistics indicate that the rough diamonds only managed to earn the country more…
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By Cletus Mushanawani A five-member ministerial delegation visited Chiadzwa diamond fields yesterday on a fact-finding mission after panners stormed the area in the wake of a Government directive to all mining firms there to cease…
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A major Chicago fundraiser for United States President Barack Obama has been schmoozing senior Zanu-PF figures, including President Robert Mugabe, in the hope of winning business deals from the Zimbabwe government.
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HARARE - Zimbabwe is losing a large chunk of its revenues to thieves in government, Finance minister Tendai Biti has claimed. Government departments are not remitting cash to Treasury and other forms of theft of minerals are on the rise in…
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