Surat Rough Diamond Sourcing India Limited, a consortium of 1 500 diamantaires which signed a deal with Zimbabwe in October under which it was to be guaranteed US$1.2 billion worth of rough diamonds a year from Marange is now desperate after its government ruled that no one should purchase Zimbabwe’s diamonds because they had not been cleared by the Kimberley Process Certification Scheme.
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Zimbabwe’s ambassador to the United Nations Chitsaka Chipaziwa says Zimbabwe will never bow to pressure from the West over its diamonds because what bothered them all was not what Zimbabwe was doing with its diamonds but the fact that the precious stones were not under their control.
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The most dangerous people politically are the very rich and the very poor, so says Henry George in his book, Progress and Poverty. He says the very rich are always manipulating politicians so as to protect their wealth while the very poor with their strong vote pressurise the politicians to equitably distribute the wealth.
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Zimbabwe’s President Robert Mugabe has described South African President Jacob Zuma as a “man of the people” who likes to make promises without necessarily knowing how to fulfil them. In contrast, he described his predecessor Thabo Mbeki as a “great man” who even his adversary Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai had agreed should be honoured for bringing peace to Zimbabwe.
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Former Confederation of Zimbabwe Industries boss Callisto Jokonya this week aptly described why Zimbabwe is in such a mess. “We are our own worst enemies because we let politicians craft the agenda of the nation,” he said.
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The Friends of Zimbabwe, a group of Western countries including the United States, Britain and the European Union, has called on Zimbabwe to hold credible and legitimate elections that are free of violence and that accept the will of the people.
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