"Marange communities implore government to disband ZCDC", 13 Aug 2016

Communities in the Marange diamond mining area have called on the newly-established Zimbabwe Consolidated Diamond Company (ZCDC) to halt operations, alleging it was worse than the previous mining firms...During an emotional Marange community-led annual general meeting — initiated by the Zimbabwe Environmental Law Association — in Mutare...the communities implored the government to disband ZCDC over its glaring failure to extract diamonds transparently and uphold human rights. Malvin Mudiwa, from Marange Community Development Trust, said human rights violations by members of the military and police, as well as the company’s security personnel, had worsened....Causemore Musaamba, from Arda Transau Development Trust, said some villagers, who were relocated to make way for the diamond mines, had been dumped and were now wallowing in poverty and hunger...Centre for Natural Resource Governance director, Farai Maguwu (pictured), said government was taking the nation for a ride..."ZCDC is just a group of looters led by officials in the Mines ministry. It is a group of corrupt officials, who have worsened mining operations in Marange. [The Government of Zimbabwe closed diamond mines in Marange and other parts of the country and formed ZCDC early this year].