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Elections in doubt

The chairman of the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission Simpson Mutambanengwe today said it is almost impossible for Zimbabwe to hold elections next year because his commission is not geared for the…
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Big boob on Zimbabwe’s diamonds

Zimbabwe’s fate as to whether it can sell its diamonds from Marange on the open market will be decided tomorrow but there is already a complication- the Kimberley Process plenary which is meeting in Jerusalem has no specific recommendation to act on. A diamond industry expert says the KP review mission which visited Zimbabwe is August made a few dozen recommendations on various issues but refrained from making any recommendation about exports of the country’s rough diamonds from Marange.

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Government duped

SIX  officials from the Zimbabwe Mining Development Corporation and Canadile Miners have been arrested on allegations of fraudulently getting Government approval to mine diamonds in Chiadzwa, Marange District, reports said…
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MDC to take Mugabe to court

The Movement for Democratic Change-Tsvangirai faction plans to take President Robert Mugabe to court over his unilateral appointments of senior government officials, reports said today. MDC leader Morgan Tsvangirai said: …
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Consultations end

The Constitutional Committee concluded its gathering of the people's views on the new constitution today. The committee is under pressure to come up with a new constitution with a national…
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Zimbabwe, the Kimberley Process and the China factor

The daggers are drawn. Zimbabwe is once again the talking point. The topic:  its diamonds, especially those from Marange. The question: should the country’s diamonds be certified by the Kimberley Process to trade openly or not? Those against: human rights abuses are still rife and it is Mugabe’s military that is benefitting from illegal trade in diamonds and not the country. Those for: the country should be certified so that its diamonds can be traded transparently because the country is going to sell its diamonds anyway, with or without KP approval. Besides, the country is now such a major force in the diamond industry that it cannot be ignored. Who will win?  That is the question that will be decided this week when the Kimberley Process, the organisation tasked with ensuring the trade of conflict free diamonds, meets in Israel from Monday, November 1.

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