Mbada Diamonds

A mass exodus of workers has rocked Mbada Diamonds Mine at Chiadzwa where about 80 employees are reported to have tendered their resignations within a month in apparent protest against a 50 percent slash in salaries and a litany of poor…
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The cash-strapped ruling ZANU PF government has issued an order to all diamond miners in the country to sell their gems through the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ).
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A Dubai based company that facilitated a ‘test’ auction of Zimbabwe’s diamonds last month has finally started paying out the money earned from the sale, days after Zimbabwe’s government branded the test a failure.
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Zimbabwe's diamond output from the Marange fields is expected to decline to 12 million carats this year, according to diamond analysts Rapaport.
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Prominent lawyer Trust Maanda was on Thursday arrested and charged with defeating the course of justice, in what appears to be a new campaign against rights defenders.
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Government has finally called time on mining firms that have been operating at the Marange diamonds fields in Manicaland, indicating that only one company will remain operating there.
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Mutare - The $3 million diamond theft case involving six Mbada Diamonds and a Mutare businessman took a new twist this week with the employees taking steps to sue the Minister of Home Affairs, Kembo Mohadi, and Commissioner-General of…
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The Mbada mining firm, which has been operating at the Chiadzwa diamond fields since 2008, has said it is not at fault for the non-payment of millions of dollars in tax. The Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (Zimra) has ordered the firm to pay a…
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Six employees with Mbada Diamonds at Chiadzwa are at the centre of a $3 million diamonds case for allegedly supplying several carats of the precious stones they stole from their employer to an Indian businessman in Mutare in a…
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Government and ruling party officials used an intricate offshore syndicate to divert diamond revenue to buy themselves property and amass wealth, according to a leaked document send to the IMF by a group of whistleblowers.
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