House of Lords Reportedly Told That, ‘ Proceeds From Looted Zimbabwe Diamonds Are Stashed In London Banks’.

House of Lords Reportedly Told That, ‘ Proceeds From Looted Zimbabwe Diamonds Are Stashed In London Banks’.

    Investigations into alleged looting of proceeds from the Chiadzwa diamond fields have extended to London following revelations by a British Parliamentarian that some of the money was stashed in the United Kingdom. The Auditor-General’s Office has already invited local and international auditors to investigate firms that mined diamonds in Chiadzwa over the past decade until the Government took over all operations there early this year.   A senior Government official told our Harare…

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‘ Mujuru Demands Investigations Into US$15 Billion Chiadzwa Diamonds Looting Revealed By Corrupt Mugabe’

‘ Mujuru Demands Investigations Into US$15 Billion Chiadzwa Diamonds Looting Revealed By Corrupt Mugabe’

President Robert Mugabe revelation that an estimated total of US$15 billion worth of diamonds was looted from Chiadzwa over the years by diamond mining companies, has somehow shaken the fired Zimbabwe vice president, now Zimbabwe People First (ZPF) leader Joice Mujuru to seek the Chinese President Xi Jinping intervention , by investigating the Chinese investor, Anjin’s diamond activities in Chiadzwa. It appears that Anjin is reportedly jointly owned by the brutal Zimbabwe National Army (ZNA)…

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‘Man Loses Testicle In Brutal Assault By Chiadzwa Diamond Police Officers’

‘Man Loses Testicle In Brutal Assault By Chiadzwa Diamond  Police Officers’

  A CHIADZWA man brutally beaten by suspected security officials, who accused him of unlawful entry into the diamonds fields, is now traumatised after doctors told him the injuries he sustained have made him infertile. Fungai Ziduche (33) from Zvidovanhu village in Chiadzwa had his right testicle removed by doctors last week after he sustained serious injuries on the groin when he was allegedly attacked by law enforcement agents in February, soon after government ordered…

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‘Allowing Mbada Diamonds, To Mine As Before, Right Expired, Is To Sanction An Illegality’-High Court

‘Allowing Mbada Diamonds, To Mine As Before, Right Expired, Is To Sanction An Illegality’-High Court

THE government’s decision to forcibly close Grandwell Holdings (Mbada Diamonds) mining operations in Chiadzwa, has been castigated by the High Court as an act against the rule of law. But in his 21-page judgment, Justice Joseph Mafusire ruled that the mining firm cannot continue operations until the validity of its special grants has been regularised in accordance with the law. Grandwell Holdings, who are the major shareholders of Mbada Diamonds, had filed an application last…

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SOUTH AFRICA JUDGE,BLASTS MUGABE’S FORMER HELICOPTER PILOT ‘ROBERT MHLANGA’ OVER R100M DEAL

SOUTH AFRICA JUDGE,BLASTS MUGABE’S FORMER HELICOPTER PILOT ‘ROBERT MHLANGA’ OVER R100M DEAL

  DURBAN:The whereabouts of a Zimbabwean businessman, who was subpoenaed to give evidence in the Durban High Court in a case related to his purchase of North Coast properties, remained vague on Thursday, other than that he was “in Europe and the Middle East”. And suggestions that Robert Mhlanga – who is said to have strong ties with Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe – would make himself available when it suited him were strongly rejected by…

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Zimbabwe Diamond Firms Face Closure After Drastic Fall In Output

The government is unlikely to renew mining licences for all diamond mining companies in Chiadzwa because they defaulted on their fees and did not show intentions to renew their papers, parliamentarians heard yesterday. Mines and Mining Development Minister Walter Chidhakwa told Members of Parliament and ministers attending a pre-budget seminar in Victoria Falls that diamond output had drastically dropped in the past few years. He also told the MPs that Hwange Colliery management could soon…

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