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Abbey Chikane, the Kimberley Process Monitor tasked with ensuring that diamonds from Marange meet the minimum requirements of the KP Certification Scheme, has come under a lot of flak for certifying diamonds worth about $160 million without authority from the chairman of the diamond body or its Working Group or Monitoring. But he has explained why he did so. He argues that he had no option but to oblige to the request by the Zimbabwean government to save the entire diamond industry. 

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Zimbabwe’s diamonds saga has taken another twist with African diamond producers saying they will back Zimbabwe to sell its diamonds from Marange and might even ask it to take legal action against those barring it from selling the diamonds.

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Zimbabwe has always been difficult to sell to investors.  But this has been largely due to the perceptions of the country rather than the reality on the ground.  Even today,…

Zimbabwe’s political leaders are throwing away a unique opportunity to document their nationals in South Africa so that they can establish the skills they have lost and the potential revenue they can earn and are instead wasting time talking about elections which no one really wants.

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Zimbabwe has been on the recovery path since the formation of the inclusive government.  But the West still insists Mugabe, is a stumbling block to full recovery, and should go.…

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Non-Governmental Organisations are heading for a showdown with governments over Zimbabwe’s diamonds. And it is a battle they cannot win.  Diamond industry sources say members of the Kimberley Process Certification Scheme (KPCS) are now fed up with NGOs because they have become “extreme obstructionists” and have lost the respect of most KP members and the diamond industry.

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The United States has softened its position on the sale of Zimbabwe’s diamonds, though it has not yet lifted sanctions on the country. It even agreed to have the Kimberley Process ban lifted  at the plenary session in Jerusalem at the beginning of this month but this was thwarted by the Canadians who felt that they had not been consulted.

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Politics is really a dirty game. During the war in the DRC, which some argue was the second major reason that led to Zimbabwe’s collapse, after the land issue, some…