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Monday, 22 April 2013 11:13
HARARE - Mbada Diamonds has become the biggest contributor to Zimbabwe’s diamond exports, contributing $44,7 million out of $113,7 million diamonds shipped in the first quarter. Mbada is a 50-50 joint venture between private investors and the State-owned Zimbabwe Mining...Read More
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Sunday, 24 March 2013 13:46
HARARE - The image projected by western-funded civic society organisations of Mbada Diamonds to the Kimberly Process Certification Scheme (KPCS) and the entire world diamond industry, through a heavily-resourced and coordinated sting operation, makes Italy’s Mafia look like boy scouts. The...Read More
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Friday, 11 January 2013 11:59
HARARE - Harare City Council yesterday received borehole water purification gadgets valued at $150 000 from mining giant Mbada Diamonds. The donation of 235 inline chlorinators follows council’s appeal for corporates to assist in purifying polluted boreholes scattered around Harare’s suburbs....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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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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Thursday, 22 November 2012 11:03
HARARE - Since the inauguration of the Mbada Diamonds Cup last year, no individual has dominated the competition as has Monomotapa livewire midfielder Ronald Chitiyo. “Rooney”, as he is affectionately known by his Monomotapa teammates and fans alike, has been in...Read More
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News » Chris Goko, Executive Assistant Editor
Wednesday, 14 November 2012 10:34
VICTORIA FALLS - Zimbabwean gem miners Mbada Diamonds (Mbada) and Anjin have railed at the West, saying its restrictive measures against President Robert Mugabe’s inner cabal were hurting capital inflows into the country. In separate addresses to a tripartite diamond conference...Read More
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Sport » Enock Muchinjo, Sports Editor
Tuesday, 13 November 2012 12:02
HARARE - For Calisto Pasuwa, the Mbada Diamonds Cup final and the last two games of the 2012 Castle Premiership season offers more than the chance to collect another piece of silverware, it’s the opportunity to further advance his claims as...Read More
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Sport » Austin Karonga, Sports Writer
Sunday, 11 November 2012 15:36
MUTARE - Stand-in Monomotapa captain Kuda Musharu’s solitary goal a minute into the second half was enough to overpower FC Platinum and steer the 2008 Zimbabwe champions into their first Mbada Diamonds Cup final. Yesterday’s defeat was Platinum’s second defeat in...Read More
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Sport » Dakarai Mashava, Senior Sports Writer
Friday, 09 November 2012 11:45
HARARE - Caps United believe starting Sunday’s Mbada Diamonds Cup semi-final against bitter rivals Dynamos as underdogs provide plenty of motivation to send their rivals tumbling out of the competition. United lost 2-0 to Motor Action in a Castle Premiership match...Read More
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Thursday, 08 November 2012 12:06
HARARE - The Mbada Diamonds Cup, which resumes at semifinal stage in Bulawayo and Mutare this weekend, is the last opportunity for silverware for three of the clubs involved. Apart from Dynamos — who are well-placed to retain the Castle Premiership...Read More
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Sport » Austin Karonga, Sports Writer
Wednesday, 07 November 2012 11:33
HARARE - Former Zimbabwe champions Monomotapa believe they can win the Mbada Diamonds Cup as a befitting finale to a season in which their attacking brand of football won them many admirers. The 2009 PSL champions head into the Mbada semifinal...Read More
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Sport » Enock Muchinjo, Sports Editor
Tuesday, 06 November 2012 13:03
HARARE - Mbada Diamonds Company, the country’s biggest football sponsor, has issued a thinly-veiled ultimatum to the Premier Soccer League (PSL) to “get its house in order” or risk losing the lucrative deal following the shambolic handling of the Mbada Diamonds...Read More
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