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Thu, Feb 18, 2010
A South African official has been chosen by the Kimberly Processes monitor in Zimbabwe's controversial Chiadzwa diamond fields.
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Mugabe threatens to break with Kimberley Process
Wed, Feb 17, 2010
HARARE — Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe on Wednesday threatened to defy the Kimberley Process to sell diamonds from a field where the global regulator accuses the military of forced labour and other abuses.
Drug dealers on Zim diamond boards: MPs
Wed, Feb 17, 2010
HARARE – Some members of the boards of two firms mining diamonds at Zimbabwe’s controversial Marange diamond field were once illegal drug and diamond dealers in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and Sierra Leone, parliamentarians have said.
Mpofu Offices Raided
Wed, Feb 17, 2010
Harare — Mines and Mining Development Minister Obert Mpofu's offices in Harare were broken into by unknown people while he was away and police have since launched investigations into the matter reports the Herald.
Zimbabwe cancels British diamond miner's licence
Tue, Feb 16, 2010
The London Stock Exchange-listed ACR has been embroiled in a legal fight with mining authorities after it was ordered in 2006 to suspend its operations in Marange.
Zimbabwe's tobacco sales marked by higher production
Tue, Feb 16, 2010
Zimbabwe's annual tobacco selling season began on an upbeat note Tuesday when a bumper crop went under the hammer, attributed by industry officials to good prices and more farmers.
16 judges benefit from land grab
Mon, Feb 15, 2010
HARARE – At least 16 judges from the High Court and Supreme Court have benefited from President Robert Mugabe's chaotic and often violent land reforms, the Commercial Framers Union (CFU) has said raising questions about the impartiality of Zimbabwe’s judiciary when dealing with land disputes.
Zimbabwe govt. bans food aid
Sun, Feb 14, 2010
A state newspaper in Zimbabwe said on Friday the government had taken a radical move of banning all food handouts by NGOs. The decision was announced by Agriculture Minister Joseph Made and will arouse suspicion that it is politically motivated.
Chombo, Shamu leasing farms — Mliswa
Fri, Feb 12, 2010
LOCAL Government minister Ignatius Chombo and Information minister Webster Shamu (pictured) are leasing out their farms to former white commercial farmers, Mashonaland West secretary for lands and resettlement Temba Mliswa has alleged.
