Business » Ndakaziva Majaka, Staff Writer
Tuesday, 04 December 2012 12:41
HARARE - Foreign investors will not partner Zimbabwe in its diamond beneficiation initiative as the move will negatively affect their home markets, a local expert said. Stephen Muchenje, Zimbabwe Diamond Education College principal, said Zimbabwe had to change its policy and...Read More
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Tuesday, 04 December 2012 10:18
HARARE - A Chinese national who attempted to smuggle $9 000 worth of diamonds has appeared before a Harare magistrate. Li Bo, 58, who is employed by Zimbabwe Shuangfeng, was nabbed on November 5, this year at the Harare International Airport...Read More
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Entertainment » Sharon Muguwu, Entertainment Writer
Saturday, 01 December 2012 13:12
HARARE - One of the pioneers of urban grooves in Zimbabwe, Leonard Mapfumo has received a deal of a lifetime that could propel his career to new heights. Mapfumo has been signed by South Africa’s Blue Diamond Trading Company and will...Read More
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Sport » Enock Muchinjo, Sports Editor
Sunday, 25 November 2012 10:24
HARARE - Rodreck Mutuma, for the second year running, was Dynamos’ hero as the Glamour Boys defeated Monomotapa to retain the Mbada Diamonds Cup yesterday and complete a remarkable league and cup double in as many seasons. Mutuma, who scored the...Read More
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Sport » Farai Machamire, Sports Writer
Sunday, 25 November 2012 10:23
HARARE - Ugly scenes dampened the highly-anticipated grand finale of the Mbada Diamonds Cup, which Dynamos won 2-0 against Monomotapa to retain the country’s richest domestic football competition. It was a nightmare for journalists to enter the VIP area at Rufaro...Read More
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Sport » Farai Machamire, Sports Writer
Saturday, 24 November 2012 12:03
HARARE - Rufaro Stadium this afternoon provides the stage for a befitting end to an action-packed Zimbabwean domestic football season when league champions Dynamos and enterprising Premiership outfit Monomotapa clash in the Mbada Diamonds Cup final. What a befitting end to...Read More
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Friday, 23 November 2012 10:41
HARARE - Zimbabwe will lobby for the lifting of US sanctions on its diamond exports at a meeting in Washington next week, a government official said, arguing that its stones are no longer a threat to the country’s stability. The US...Read More
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Thursday, 22 November 2012 11:36
HARARE - Mines minister Obert Mpofu has vowed to continue selling Zimbabwe’s controversial diamonds whether or not the restrictive measures imposed on the gems are lifted. Zimbabwean diamond mining companies were slapped with trade restriction measures by the United States of...Read More
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Sport » Farai Machamire, Sports Writer
Thursday, 22 November 2012 11:26
HARARE - With Zimbabwe’s domestic football off-season fast approaching, the Mbada Diamonds Cup final on Saturday is likely to be the last appearance in the blue-and-white of Dynamos for more than a few of the club’s leading players. The 19 times...Read More
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News » Richard Chidza, Staff Writer
Thursday, 22 November 2012 10:05
HARARE - Veterans of Zimbabwe’s 1970s liberation war have set their sights on the contentious diamond money, 15 years after they arm-twisted President Robert Mugabe into a payout that precipitated a national economic meltdown. Zimbabwe National Liberation War Veterans Association (ZNLWVA)...Read More
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Tuesday, 20 November 2012 12:03
HARARE - Zimbabwe cut and polished a mere 0,1 percent out of a targeted 10 percent of the total diamonds produced last year, President Robert Mugabe said. The country produced 8,5 million carats in 2011, according to statistics from the Kimberly...Read More
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News » Chengetayi Zvauya, Parliamentary Editor
Tuesday, 20 November 2012 11:03
HARARE - Minister of Finance Tendai Biti has demanded that $130 million from diamond sales be channelled towards funding the referendum and elections expected next year. Biti however, admits the money is still a pie in the sky given the...Read More
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Opinion & Analysis »
Friday, 16 November 2012 11:47
HARARE - After many weeks of grumblings as to where the diamonds money is going, I can declare with a smile on my face that our family has finally benefited from the diamonds money. And this is timely intervention as...Read More
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Opinion & Analysis »
Friday, 16 November 2012 11:36
HARARE - The Bull Eland has previously warned of the rampant looting of public resources within government and Zanu PF ranks. Money, farms, cars, companies, time, lives everything and anything! A few months ago Zesa Holdings (Zesa) bills revealed the kleptocratic...Read More
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News » Richard Chidza, Staff Writer
Thursday, 15 November 2012 12:36
HARARE - Former South African president Thabo Mbeki, credited with brokering Zimbabwe’s coalition government, has called for stricter measures to combat corruption in the mining and trade of diamonds. He was addressing delegates who included President Robert Mugabe at the recent...Read More
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