On 22 January 2019 around 01 00 hours 3 uniformed members of the Zimbabwe National Army (ZNA) armed with AK 47 rifles led 49 diamond panners into Portal (A) of…
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On Sunday 18 August 2019, 6 unemployed youngsters from Chareka (2), Gamunorwa (1) villages under Chief Marange and (2) from communities surrounding Marange of 35 and miles broke into Portal…
President Mnangagwa guaranteed the nation that his government “will ensure policy consistency, transparency, predictability underpinned by fiscal discipline and responsive bureaucracy” in his state of the nation address to the…
The CRD raises concern on the continuous looting of diamond revenue by government agencies. The concern follows the arrest on Wednesday of Zimbabwe Consolidated Diamond Company (ZCDC) Chief Executive Officer…
In Marange, 15 ZNA soldiers armed with AK 47 rifles and accompanied by a syndicate of 30 illegal diamond miners besieged Zimbabwe Consolidated Diamond Company (ZCDC) portal B at Mbada…
Optimise oversight function to effect public accountability in mineral governance – 9th Parliament of Zimbabwe The CRD welcome the appointment of chairpersons of portfolio committees by the 9th Parliament of…
On 23 February 2018 the Minerals Marketing Corporation of Zimbabwe (MMCZ) announced in Parliament that only US$2.4 billion dollars had been realised from Marange diamonds sales between 2009 to 2017….
The community of Marange is anxious to know how much revenue will be channeled to the development of their poverty stricken community as ZCDC prepares to sell its stockpiled 1.4 million…
In order to curb illegal diamond digging in Marange the Kimberly Process Certification Scheme (KPCS) recommended that the Ministry of Mines identify and licence small scale diamond miners. Compliance with…