HARARE, Zimbabwe - Zimbabwe yakatanga kutengesa mazana ezviuru zvemakateti emadhaimani asina kunaka neChitatu ayo akacherwa kubva kunzvimbo inonzi nemasangano anorwira kodzero dzevanhu anoti masoja akauraya vanhu mazana maviri, akabata vakadzi chibharo nekumanikidza vana kuti vashande nesimba.
Mapurisa uye varwi vane zvombo vakachengetedza zvivakwa zvepamusoro zvakavakwa panhandare huru yeHarare, uko majeti mazhinji akazvimiririra akaunza vatengi kubva kuIsrael, India, Lebanon neRussia, vakuru vakadaro.
Abbey Chikane, muZimbabwe anowona nezvebazi rinoona nezvekutongwa kwemangoda pasi rose, akasimbisa mangoda aya seakagadzirira kutengeswa neChitatu, achiti mangoda ane mhirizhonga kubva kumigodhi miviri kumabvazuva kweZimbabwe akasangana nemwero wepasi rose. Dzimwe nhabvu mazana mapfumbamwe ezviuru dzakaiswa kumusika weChitatu, Ministry of Mines yakati.
Vaongorori vesangano rinodzora mangoda pasi rose vakataura gore rapfuura kuti matombo akafukunurwa kuminda yemadhaimani ekwaMarange nevaranda chaivo vakanzi vachere kana kufa, vakaburitswa nemasoja vakabhinya nekurova vanhu. Asi iyo Kimberley Process, iyo dhayamondi, yakati matombo aya haaikodzera se "madayamondi eropa."
Sangano reHuman Rights Watch rinoti vana vane makore gumi ekuberekwa vaimanikidzwa kushanda kusvika maawa gumi nerimwe pazuva muminda yemangoda ekwaMarange vasina muripo kana mubairo. Sangano iri rakati raive nechikonzero chekutenda kuti vanosvika mazana matatu vana vachiri kushanda imomo kubva muna Kukadzi 10.
Bazi rezvemigodhi muZimbabwe riri kupomera masangano anorwira kodzero dzevanhu mhosva dzekuti vari “kutengesa manyepo” pamusoro pekutyorwa kwekodzero.
Hapana huwandu hunofungidzirwa hwakapihwa pamatombo, kunyange hazvo fungidziro isiriyo inosvika kumabhiriyoni maviri emadhora, kukurudzira kukuru hupfumi hweZimbabwe husiri kumira uye ichimirira chikamu chimwe muzvitatu chechikwereti chenyika yekumaodzanyemba kweAfrica.
Nzvimbo dzekumabvazuva dzemangoda dzakafukunurwa muna 2006 uye dzinofungidzirwa kuti dzinokwanisa kuzadzikisa chikamu chimwe muzvina chekudiwa kwenyika kwemangoda. Zvakawanikwa zvinotsanangurwa senzvimbo hombe muSouth Africa kubvira pakawanikwa ngoda kuKimberley muSouth Africa zana ramakore rapfuura.
ZVOKUBVA MUNYAYA INO:
- Investigators for the world’s diamond control body said last year that the gems were mined at the Marange diamond fields by virtual slaves who had been told to dig or die, and were smuggled out by soldiers who raped and beat civilians.
- Human Rights Watch says children as young as 10 were forced to work up to 11 hours a day in the Marange diamond fields with no pay or reward.
- Abbey Chikane, Zimbabwe monitor of the world diamond control body, certified the diamonds as ready for sale on Wednesday, having said controversy-plagued diamonds from two mines in eastern Zimbabwe met minimum international standards.
