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Zimbabwe Alternative Mining Indaba 2019 | ActionAid Zimbabwe

Replete with an array of spectacular cultural and Afro Pop performances that highlighted the plights and hopes of mining communities, the annual Zimbabwe Alternative Mining Indaba (ZAMI) begun in earnest on 18 September 2019 in the famed City of Kings, Bulawayo. The three-day gathering drew participants from the fraternity of nongovernmental organisations, holders of elective and appointive ...

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Zimbabwe steps up efforts to upscale mining industry

Mnangagwa made the remarks at the re-launch of Anjin Investments, a China-Zimbabwe diamond mining joint venture, in Chiadzwa diamond fields in Manicaland Province. ... Mining operations accounted for over 60 percent of Zimbabwe's foreign currency receipts in 2019, contributing around 16 percent of the country's GDP, according to the Chamber ...

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Wildlife Photographer Of The Year 2022: 15 Stunning Shortlisted Images

2 days agoThe winning images, including the prestigious Grand Title Award and Young Grand Title Award, will be announced on October 11, 2022. The exhibition at Natural History Museum opens on October 14 and ...

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Zimbabwe seizes unlicensed diamond mines - Yahoo! News

Zimbabwe on Monday said it was seizing diamond companies that were operating without licences and had spurned an offer to join a state conglomerate. "Today the government is taking over mines in Chiadzwa and Chimanimani," Mines Minister Walter Chidhakwa told a news conference in the capital. "The government is hereby requesting the diamond companies to stop all operations and shut down all ...

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A new beginning for diamond mining in Zimbabwe

The Zimbabwe Consolidated Diamond Company (Pvt) Ltd (ZCDC) is a diamond mining company wholly owned by the Government of Zimbabwe through the Ministry of Mines and Mining Development. The company has its mining operations in Manicaland's Chiadzwa and Chimanimani areas. ZCDC is a creation of the Zimbabwe government following its 2015 policy on ...

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Ten most mined minerals in Zimbabwe

By Dumisani Nyoni. However, production since 2000 has been dominated by about ten minerals which are gold, platinum, coal, nickel, chrome, diamonds, black granite, copper, silver, and asbestos. In 2019, total mining export receipts according to the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ), amounted to US$2, 91 billion, representing about 55.2% of total ...

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After the Diamond Rush: Shoddy Housing, Few Jobs in Eastern Zimbabwe

The government's partial ownership of all the Chiadzwa-area diamond mining companies created an off-the-books revenue source for its military and intelligence agency. In 2012, the country's Deputy Minister of Mines and Mining Development testified to parliament that a military company, Zimbabwe Defence Industries, held a 40 percent stake in ...

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Zimbabweans Clash With Diamond Mining Interests Over Pollution and ...

Chemusina Tasweranadzo, a member of the Chiadzwa Community Development Trust, speaks to members of a local coalition that aims to protect the environment and villages from the effects of local diamond mining. MUTARE, ZIMBABWE — When diamonds were discovered in this dry region in 2006, people here took the gems as a blessing from their ancestors.

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Relocated Chiadzwa Villagers Spend 2 Months With No Water

Africa-Press - Zimbabwe. By Staff Reporter - VILLAGERS, relocated to the Agricultural Rural Development Authority (ARDA) Transau in Odzi, Mutare West to pave way for diamond mining in Marange, have spent the past two months without water after their reticulation system broke down.. The villagers were relocated to the area in 2009 to pave way for massive diamond mining by the government and ...

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Zimbabwe's diamonds 'can become a curse' - MINING.COM

The military seized control of the rich diamond fields in Chiadzwa in 2006 and most observers believe an international ban on these gems are being widely flouted. Zimbabwe's diamonds 'can become a ...

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Abuse, displacement, pollution: the legacy of Zimbabwe's Marange diamonds

The Zimbabwean government recently ousted from the Marange fields all but one mining company, which it owns, leaving local people's future in limbo. ... also known as the Chiadzwa diamond fields ...

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Explosive dossier exposes Chiadzwa gems tax sleaze

Sep 17, 2021A whistleblower has submitted an explosive dossier to the Zimbabwe revenue Authority (Zimra) providing insight into how diamond mining firms in the Chiadzwa dia...

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Violence and the political economy of informal diamond mining in ...

Mbada diamond mining company will cause the physical displacement of 600 households to make way for diamond mining in Chiadzwa a rural area in Marange, 100 km south of the town of Mutare in ...

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Marange diamond mines pollute rivers, Zimbabwe | EJAtlas

The Marange diamond fields are an area of widespread small-scale diamond production in Chiadzwa, Mutare West, Zimbabwe. Although estimates of the reserves contained in this area vary wildly, some have suggested that it could be home to one of the worlds richest diamond deposits. ... Zimbabwe Mining Development Corporation, Minerals Marketing ...

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Zimbabwe's Desperate Miners Ravage the Land - Yale E360

A visibly disturbed deputy environment and tourism minister, Andrew Langa, toured the devastated Chiadzwa diamond fields in the eastern Manicaland province last year. "The cost of reclaiming this land is beyond our means," he said. "If illegal mining continues at such an alarming rate, Chiadzwa area will be left without a tree or even grass."

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Marange Diamonds 'Curse' to Zimbabweans Relocated From Mining Zone - VOA

Francis said his family must walk five kilometers to fetch water. As reported by VOA, Marange diamonds have not benefited the Zimbabwean people. But for Marange residents they have been nothing short of a disaster. When Anjin started to relocate residents of the Chiadzwa communal area in July 2010, the company had not even gone through the ...

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ZAMBIA SUPPLIES 20% to 30% 200km HARARE MARANGE DIAMOND MUTARE MOZAMBIQUE

Chiadzwa ward in the east of the country near Mutare, and yet no more than $2bn had been remitted to Zimbabwe's National Treasury . A "Lots of smuggling and swindling has taken place," Mugabe said, "and the companies that have been mining [have] robbed us of our wealth." The nonagenarian ruler went a step further and insinuated

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Drugs Dealers Targeting Youths in Mining Communities

The zeal to stay euphoric or sedated has become their day to day resolution. Talking of mining communities, Chiadzwa youths are using a number of these dangerous addictive drugs like broncleer, guka or Crystal meth,cannabis, kachasu, and teku-teku which is imported from our neighbouring country Mozambique and is allegedly passing through ...

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Rogue Soldiers Unleash Terror On Chiadzwa Diamond Mine Villagers

Meanwhile, the government has set up a team to arbitrate the dispute between the Zimbabwe Consolidated Company (ZCDC) and Chiadzwa Community under the National Peace and Reconciliation Commission. The Zimbabwe National Army spokesperson Lieutenant Colonel Aphios Makotore denied receiving such reports.

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Chiadzwa, Mutare District (Umtali District), Manicaland, Zimbabwe

Chiadzwa, Mutare District (Umtali District), Manicaland, Zimbabwe : Chiadzwa is a ward in Mutare District and Mutare West constituency in Zimbabwe and home to the Marange diamond fields. ... The Mindat Manual Add a New Photo Rate Photos Locality Edit Report Coordinate Completion Report Add Glossary Item. Mining Companies Statistics Users ...

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Chiadzwa villagers turn to herbal farming - Zimbabwe Situation

THE Chiadzwa community is on the verge of sealing a lucrative deal to produce export quality herbs for a German firm, Organic Africa Holdings (OAH).The project is expected to generate at least 2 000 jobs for the locals who are still bitter after they failed to benefit from the diamonds mined in the area over the past two decades.

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Ongoing abuses revealed at Chiadzwa diamond fields

The report details incidents of assaults, dog attacks and prolonged detentions by security officials working for the mining firms, against people accused of illegal diamond panning. 13 pages of the report details these attacks, which all happened over the last year, with accompanying pictures showing the extent of the injuries people have ...

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Chinese Mining Company's Chiadzwa Beer Ceremony Sparks Demo, 29 ...

Nov 4, 2021HEADMEN Chiadzwa and other 28 villagers were arrested Tuesday after protesting against Chinese diamond mining company, Anjin's decision to hold a beer ceremony aimed at bringing more diamonds ...

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CHIYADZWA MINING FIELD - Home - Facebook

CHIYADZWA MINING FIELD. 115 likes · 1 talking about this. Local business

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Effects of Zimbabwe's artisanal mining in pictures

Oct 22, 2020The following images taken by the Environmental Management Agency (EMA) and the Zimbabwe Miners Federation (ZMF) depict what is going on in artisanal mining. Immediate planning and solutions need to be put in place to correct this. Use of XRF detectors has significantly contributed to land degradation in most parts of the country.

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Marange villagers clash with Chinese miner - CajNews Zimbabwe

November 8, 2021. by MARCUS MUSHONGA. HARARE, (CAJ News) - A LOCAL court has released 28 villagers arrested last week for protesting against a Chinese diamond miner in Chiadzwa, Marange, Manicaland province. Those released include a headman, Robert Chiadzwa (90) said to have led the protest against Anjin Investments.

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Zimbabwe may have to stop producing diamonds - MINING.COM

Zimbabwe, one of the world's top diamond-producing countries, may soon have to wave its gem extraction industry good bye as miners operating at Marange and Chiadzwa fields claim it has become ...

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Zimbabwe steps up efforts to upscale mining industry

Zimbabwe President Emmerson Mnangagwa on Saturday said the country's mining industry is expected to contribute about 12 billion U.S. dollars to the national economy by 2023 as his government steps up efforts to revitalize it. Mnangagwa made the remarks at the re-launch of Anjin Investments, a China-Zimbabwe diamond mining joint venture, in ...

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'Zero Chance For Artisanal Diamond Mining' | 263Chat

YAZA AFRICA Announced As International Images Film Festival for Women Partner. August 23, 2022 Entertainment. Mai Titi Questions Marriage Certificate. August 22, 2022 ... However despite government's stance, illegal artisanal mining of diamonds is rampant in Chiadzwa says director of the Centre for Research and Development James Mupfumi.

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Post-displacement livelihoods in mining communities: The politics of ...

The ill-treatment and neglect of the displaced Chiadzwa people should be understood within the broader context of collusion between the state, political elites and mining companies operating at Chiadzwa. The Chinese and other mining companies at Chiadzwa have close-knit political connections with the political and military elites, who offered ...

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29 Chiadzwa Villagers Arrested After Clashing With Chinese Miners

Headman Chiadzwa and 28 of his subjects were arrested on Tuesday after protesting against Chinese diamond mining company, Anjin's decision to conduct some rituals in the area without informing them. Marange villagers on Thursday last week staged a demonstration sparked by Anjin's bid to initiate a beer ritual ceremony without consulting them.

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Muckraker: Tell us the benefits of Chiadzwa diamonds

Muckraker: Tell us the benefits of Chiadzwa diamonds. IT had all the trappings of a state visit. But below the surface of speeches, presidential receptions and a busy itinerary, Julius Malema's solidarity tour was nothing more than a squalid pantomime designed to boost the sagging fortunes of the two parties involved.

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Constraints and Opportunities in the Mitigation of Adverse ...

The Chiadzwa diamond project is mainly concerned with the mining of diamonds in the 12-km zone earmarked for the project by Zimbabwe Mining Development Corporation (ZMDC) . However, prior to the ZMDC takeover, the area had been virtually invaded by both local's artisan miners and foreign people who were mining a haphazard manner.

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Facets of Power : Politics, Profits and People in the Making of ...

The diamond fields of Chiadzwa, among the world's largest sources of rough diamonds have been at the centre of struggles for power in Zimbabwe since their discovery in 2006. Against the backdrop of a turbulent political economy, control of Chiadzwa's diamonds was hotly contested. By 2007 a new case of 'blood diamonds' had emerged, in which the country's security forces engaged with ...

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Mining profits overlap community welfare, the saga continues under ...

Pictures; About Us; ... Mining profits overlap community welfare, the saga continues under Covid-19; AGs Office grilled to expedite editing Mines and Minerals Bill August 14, 2020. Late diamond kingpin 'Boss Bothy' still remembered nine-years on August 25, 2020. 0.

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Chiadzwa v Commissioner General Police & Ors (HC 8538 of 2011) [2011 ...

Chiadzwa v Commissioner General Police & Ors (HC 8538 of 2011) [2011] ZWHHC 224 (10 October 2011); Law report citations. Media neutral citation [2011] ZWHHC 224. ... The Ministry of Mines and Mining Development administers the act which the applicant, is alleged to have violated and the relief sought by the applicant seeks to rope in the same ...

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Diamond Mining in Zimbabwe: The Chininga Report

Pictures of the car showed that the windscreen was intact and the airbags had not been deployed. ... Since the inception of formalized mining in Chiadzwa, the Committee observed that the sector ...

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Explosive dossier exposes Chiadzwa gems tax sleaze

Sep 17, 2021A whistleblower has submitted an explosive dossier to the Zimbabwe revenue Authority (Zimra) providing insight into how diamond mining firms in the Chiadzwa diamond fields in Manicaland, evaded tax...

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