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Africa Subsaharan
Zimbob announces government to take over all Zimbabwe's diamond operations
2016-03-04
[Telegraph] Zimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe said on Thursday his government would take possession of all diamond operations because existing miners had robbed the country of its wealth.

Mugabe's comments came a week after the ministry of mines ordered all mining companies to halt work and leave the Marange fields, saying they had not renewed their licences. At the time it denied it was seizing the mines.

"The state will now own all the diamonds in the country," Mugabe said during a two-hour interview with state broadcaster ZBC TV.

"Companies that have been mining diamonds have robbed us of our wealth, that is why we have now said the state must have a monopoly," Mugabe said.
Posted by:Besoeker

#5  And to think all the young 'uns here are slavering for ZimBernie
Posted by: M. Murcek   2016-03-04 23:54  

#4  Looking forward to reports from Minin' B. Hard.
Posted by: charger   2016-03-04 20:34  

#3  I sort of thought Zimbob did that long ago.
Posted by: rjschwarz   2016-03-04 14:53  

#2  Too bad Christopher Hitchens is dead. He could write Bob's biography: "Nothing left to steal."
Posted by: Fred   2016-03-04 13:50  

#1  Take your free-grazing cattle with you, their hooves are killing the Mottled water hyacinth weevil. You didn't dig those mines, the people dug them. This land is government and party land. This is your last BLM warning. Now scram!
Posted by: Besoeker   2016-03-04 04:59  

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