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When in doubt, ZANU PF make the most obtuse, fanciful calls for reactive measures. Jonathan Moyo, a man known for his ulterior motives and underhanded dealings, is calling for Tendai Biti’s arrest - because he wants to institute an audit with regards to..
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Astute readers will note the use, today, of the wrong ‘carrot’ in the heading – but this is deliberate as I want to emphasis, accent and underline the...
made popular Oct 11 2010
You will recall that the minister of finance, Tendai Biti, had made a statement that the US$30 million raised in diamond sales earlier this year had not been tendered...
made popular Aug 25 2010
This has not been the greatest ten days for Mugabe. Firstly he told the West to ‘go to hell’ which caused a diplomatic walk-out at his own sister’s...
made popular Aug 12 2010
The Hawks are investigating circumstances surrounding the uncut diamonds a trustee of the Nelson Mandela Children’s Fund received from model Naomi...
made popular Aug 7 2010
Didn’t I say that Mugabe would turn the funeral of his sister into an anti-West rant?
“Zimbabwe’s president says the death of his sister robbed him...
made popular Aug 3 2010
As fast as the “Gono Is Dead” fiasco hit the headlines, I see that stories have stopped being written about the ‘late departed’ Reserve Bank of...
made popular Jun 30 2010
Mystery surrounds the disappearance of a consignment of 14,931 carats of diamonds worth nearly $3 million, belonging to Williamson Diamonds Ltd of Tanzania.
The...
made popular Mar 15 2010
Diamonds are obviously Mugabe’s best friends. He lives for them, by them and his regime and administration is financed by them. Where else could he source the sort of...
made popular Mar 13 2010
Mugabe has somehow held onto the top job in Zimbabwe for almost thirty years and in that times, we have seen, time and time again, his habit of standing on the wrong...
made popular Feb 28 2010
I have been trawling the various internet news sites with regards to the court orders which instructed mines minister Obert Mpofu to return the 29 kilograms of diamonds...
made popular Feb 26 2010
It was with some relief that I read yesterday that mines minister Obert Mpofu is going to be taken to task by the Supreme court for defying the court order that the...
made popular Feb 20 2010
The unilateral appointment of Gideon Gono as the governor of the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe is one of the outstanding issues holding up negotiations between Mugabe’s...
made popular Feb 9 2010
I am no diamond expert and will not attempt to hoodwink you otherwise.
On Saturday I looked up the price of a 1 carat diamond of P1 clarity - which is the middle of...
made popular Feb 9 2010
If ever we were to sit back and look at the destruction, death and decay caused by Mugabe;s 30 year rule in Zimbabwe, there is one common denominator in all he...
made popular Nov 30 2009
The viability of an effort endorsed by the United Nations to halt the trading of the so-called blood diamonds that have fueled conflicts across Africa is on the line...
made popular Nov 5 2009
he rough 507 carat white stone was unearthed at the historic Cullinan mine – where the famous Cullinan diamond was discovered in 1905.
A spokesman for the mining...
made popular Sep 29 2009
“President Mugabe yesterday revealed to investors attending the Mining Indaba that Anglo-American knew of the existence of diamonds in Chiadzwa and never revealed...
made popular Sep 18 2009
The Marange diamond fields in Zimbabwe are allegedly losing hundred of thousands of US dollars worth every week. That is, if we chose to believe the RBZ Governor,...
made popular Jun 29 2009
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The Leonardo DiCaprio film “Blood Diamonds” informed a whole generation of moviegoers how illicit trading in diamonds fuels oppression of native people in...
made popular Jun 26 2009
The Mineral Marketing Corporation of Zimbabwe has announced that the country has grossed US$19,6 million from diamond sales during the first seven months of the...
made popular Sep 1 2009
A “diamond geezer” is a man who is thoughtful, caring and loving. The “diamond” refers to the perfection of the man’s character, whilst “geezer” is a...
made popular Nov 5 2008
Crystallized carbon has caused all kinds of trouble throughout human history, with the shiny rocks causing (and continuing to cause) bloodshed and strife by their high...
made popular Oct 9 2008
One of the greatest mysteries in science is how life began. Now one group of researchers says diamonds may have been life’s best friend.
made popular Jul 26 2008
Girls like them because they’re twinkly and expensive. Guys like them as a conceptually easy gift - read the box, no creativity required. But that diamonds cost what...
made popular May 14 2008
Diamonds may be forever. But what’s a girl to do when she gets dumped or divorced and those rings, necklaces and love gifts lose their emotional sparkle? Help is...
made popular May 3 2008
A diamond thong worth S$168,000 ($122,000) was the highlight of a lingerie fashion show in Singapore... Enough said.
made popular Apr 4 2008
Warring groups today wreak havoc on a country first exploited as a Belgium colony. From the awful times of enforced rubber quotas, when punishment meant cutting off...
made popular Jan 22 2007
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People walk past human rights protesters gathered outside Graff diamonds store in central London, Tuesday, Feb. 10, 2009, in a demonstration calling on Graff to pull out of a controversial diamond mine planned on the land of the Kalahari bushmen in...
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