The Zimbabwe diamonds saga does not seem to have ended despite reports that the Kimberley Process which met in Kinshasa from Monday to Thursday has given the country the green-light to export diamonds from Marange’s two mines, Marange Resources and Mbada.
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British Foreign Minister Lord Howell of Guildford told the House of Lords this week that the International Criminal Court which was established to help end impunity for the perpetrators of the most serious crimes against humanity has no jurisdiction over Zimbabwe because it is not a signatory to the Rome Statutes that govern the court.
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Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai yesterday said he and President Robert Mugabe will set the date for the next elections when conditions are right because only a legitimately elected government, and not a coalition, can develop and implement a common vision and programmes that will deal with the massive unemployment and poverty that Zimbabwe is currently facing.
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The Movement for Democratic Change yesterday called on the Kimberley Process to lift the ban on Marange diamonds saying the people of Zimbabwe and the country’s civil servants would benefit tremendously from the revenue generated by the diamonds.
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World Diamond Council boss Eli Izhakoff has called on the Kimberley Process to return to its core principles and keep politics out of the organisation because this will paralyse the diamond certification body.
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If as a nation, we do not resolutely stamp-out corruption, especially among us people in positions of authority and influence, us the so-called chefs…… we will soon discover, too late, that policy formulations, implementation, monitoring and decisions have been based on self-interest, racial overtones, regional and tribal considerations at the expense of national good.
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