The Kimberley Review Process visit, some publicity of the atrocities by Human Rights Watch, and the Government of Zimbabwe's (Rhodesia) desperate need to avoid any more bad press while they are trying to drum up financial support seem to have all worked in concert...
The Army will be withdrawn from the Marange diamond fields.
Zimbabwe's deputy mines minister Murisi Zwizwai, whose department has denied charges of killings by soldiers, told the state-controlled Sunday Mail that the army would be gradually pulled out of the diamond fields, which cover 66,000 hectares.Ah. There's the devil in the details.
"We agreed to remove soldiers but it will be done in phases while proper security settings would be put in place," Zwizwai told the paper after meeting the Kimberly Process team.
They expect others to pay for securing the fields, and will only then withdraw the troop presence, *and* nothing is done about the role of certain ZANU-PF Kleptocrats who have been running the whole illicit activity. Heck, done right, this could even legitimize their role.
I'll rank this under the "small victory" category simply because the number of locals being killed might decrease, but as long as the Mugabe regime is calling the shots (literally) this matter is still unresolved.
2 comments:
Marange is controlled by the army and the profits go straight to the corrupt generals and brigadiers at the top of the tree. This money belongs to the people of Zimbabwe. We need to stand up to the thieves in our midst. We must throw them out!
http://zmonitor.blogspot.com
@Tsuro
(sorry for the late reply)
I'll second those thoughts. The problem might be handled by a ZANU-PF housecleaning, and I'll wish for success if a try begins... but...
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