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Monday, 26 November 2012 09:51
HARARE - An NGO aligned to President Robert Mugabe’s Zanu PF has written to immigration authorities seeking the blacklisting of officials from Partnership Africa Canada (Pac) which recently claimed $2 billion has been looted from Marange diamonds. Resource Exploitation Watch (REW)...Read More
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News » Fungai Kwaramba, Staff Writer
Saturday, 24 November 2012 11:42
HARARE - Deputy minister of Mines and Mining Development Gift Chimanikire is under fire from his party for publicly defending his boss, Obert Mpofu on the source of his wealth. Chimanikire told a diamond conference review breakfast meeting in Harare on...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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Thursday, 22 November 2012 09:55
HARARE - Mines deputy minister Gift Chimanikire has exonerated his boss Obert Mpofu on accusations of amassing incredible wealth allegedly through misappropriating proceeds from Marange diamonds. Chimanikire, a member of Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai’s MDC, said after working with Mpofu at...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 » 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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Sunday, 11 November 2012 13:42
BULAWAYO - As the country edges towards an election likely to be held next year, political parties have descended on Matabeleland North province, turning the region into a battlefield characterised by hyper-political activities. The province, which is the other half...Read More
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Friday, 02 November 2012 17:28
HARARE - Zimbabwe hosts the inaugural Diamond Conference this month in Victoria Falls where 300 delegates are expected to attend giving the country an opportunity to consolidate relations with the international diamond community. Kimberly Process monitor for Zimbabwe Abbey Chikane acknowledged...Read More
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Saturday, 13 October 2012 10:14
HWANGE - Mines minister, Obert Mpofu, yesterday read the riot act to mining companies here and ordered them to develop a decrepit local school. Speaking during a prize- giving day at Chilusa Secondary School in Hwange, Mpofu ordered all mining companies...Read More
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