‘Allow community to benefit from diamonds’

MANICALAND Provincial Affairs minister Ellen Gwaradzimba has alleged looting of diamonds by previous miners at Chiadzwa diamond fields and challenged the Zimbabwe Consolidated Diamond Company (ZCDC), which is now solely responsible for mining operations in the area, to be accountable and transparent.

“I am happy with what the ZCDC is doing at the moment, and I want to urge them to be accountable and transparent. There is nothing to hide about diamond mining.

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