KP warns of Zimbabwe’s Marange diamonds destabilising the industry if Mugabe is allowed to sell on the black market.
When Mugabe said he would sell the Marange diamonds with or without the KP certificate he really thought he had the final word on the subject. The threat of the Marange diamonds destabilising the diamond market will clearly force the main parties in this industry to seat up and take note. If they are forced to act, and they clearly will, the black market price for diamonds will fall through the floor. There will be nothing for Mugabe to use to bribe his ever demanding and wasteful cronies and nothing in his war-chest!
Well, well, the dictator used to having the final say now learns not only that there are others whose say count for a lot more than him but more significantly that they have HIM by the balls!
@ Jason
I think the KP will be making a big mistake if they allowed Mugabe to trade. Mugabe is desperate for money he will flood the diamond market pushing the prices down. He is not going to accept an form of regulation from anybody
@Brian
No my friend Mugabe, his cronies and all these hangers-on are the losers; the smarter ones know it as for the rest, they are the suckers who will be left holding the bag.
What Mugabe has been doing in the last few years is allow as many small fish to be involved in the looting although there is really nothing worth looting. He is also encouraging these upstarts to commit serious human rights violations. In 2008 the regime paid the equivalent of US$10 for beating its opponent and US$20 for killing.
I will bet you Martin Mutasa has at least one farm and the farm is in ruins and so he is hunting for more loot. It is the ruling elite who are getting the farms; do not believe the nonsense that the bushman would be allocated farms in Zimbabwe; the Marange people have been rounded up like cattle and damped in overcrowded areas. A few days in prison should make Martin finally realise that he is not special and will bleed and have a rash from the bite flees just like everyone else. For the first time in his life he will have to do an honest day’s work to survive. Given the mess Zimbabwe is in it is going to be really tough for spoilt people like Martin.
There are those with blood on their hands; for them it will be a few months in prison and then the short drop and a quick stop!
Do not worry about Fungayi, Dora and company; they will not bother anyone on this site. Their hope then is to disappear in the wood work and enjoy their loot. They will be flashed out like rats! They have cheered and applauded when innocent and decent people like Justin Mukoko and Farai Maguwu are tormented by the repressive regime; they can do so again with first hand knowledge of prison life. In Shona we say “Chawakadya chamuka!”
@Dora
I have never “glorified the West”. I have just told you it is the ordinary Zimbabweans themselves who are dying for regime change. Mugabe terrorised and murdered many of them to deny them a free vote and voice. But true to your oppressor mentality, you ignore what your victims are saying. You are much more comfortable fighting an imaginary war against the West to take attention away from the human tragic the dictatorship has visited upon the nation. You can accurse me of being an Uncle Tom, not being as clever as you, etc.; that will not change the facts on the ground, that the dictatorship has failed and change is coming! And it is coming and you know you will have nowhere to hid!
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@Fungayi
Mugabe is facing the biggest electoral challenge of his life next year; he is facing an electorate who are even more determined to have regime change than ever. We all know that. We also know Mugabe does not have the Reserve Bank accounts to loot all the other sources of money he had used in the past. The only viable source of money for him right now is the Marange diamonds. Yes I agree with you, regardless the outcome of the KP meeting Mugabe WILL sell the Marange diamonds. He is desperate to have some money in the war-chest – rapists, murderers and political thugs do not come cheap.
The economic reality is that flooding the diamond market with diamonds will not necessarily translate into more revenue for Mugabe. At the end of the day no one will want to trade in a volatile market so all these other countries involved in the diamond market will do something to stop Mugabe’s diamonds reaching the market. All these forces will work against Mugabe so that in the end Mugabe will be selling the diamonds for a song!
Even if Mugabe is able to build up his war-chest; he will not be out of the woods yet. Last time Mugabe used violence to retain power the international community has unanimous in their condemnation of the election and in declaring Mugabe “illegitimate” head of state. It was Tsvangirai who got Mugabe off the hook by agreeing to the power sharing agreement. It was stupid of Tsvangirai to have done so in 2008 and, trust me on this; he will not be that stupid to ever to that again!
KP now knows why Mugabe is so desperate to sell the diamonds outside the law. Every one of them who vote to allow Mugabe to build his war-chest can not wash their hands of the innocent blood Mugabe will spill!
Fungayi, I am sure you have the inside information about Martin Mutasa’s arrest, why have you not commented yet. Martin’s friend accused Police Commissioner of being the “most corrupt person”. There is nothing new in that except that when very senior Mugabe cronies start fighting so openly and so viciously it is clear that whatever glue Mugabe had used to Zanu PF can not do so anymore. Not even you could think of a positive spin to cover this public fight!
I have to correct myself; it is not the KP or the West or even the Zimbabwe electorate who have Mugabe by the balls; the dictator has put himself into this position. Thirty years of mismanagement, rampant corruption and ruthless oppression are all coming back to haunt Mugabe. For thirty years Mugabe has built walls, dug a mort and filled if with crocodiles to stop anyone else reaching the to of the mountain and rule Zimbabwe. Now his rule has to end and he has no safe way of getting down – yes it is a long, long way to fall!
@Dora Makute
So you think selling Marange diamonds is now an “issue of pride and national interest and this country is never known to loose on such”?
To Mugabe and his ruling elite it means much more than pride; that is they only chance of post poning their appointment with the hangman.
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