EHARARE, Zimbabwe – IZimbabwe iqale ukudayisa amakhulu ezinkulungwane zama-carat amadayimane ambiwa endaweni lapho izinhlangano ezilwela amalungelo abantu zithi amasosha abulale abantu abangu-200, adlwengula abesifazane futhi ephoqa izingane ukuba zisebenze kanzima.
Amaphoyisa namasosha abehlome eyizingovolo agade amagumbi okuvikela aphezulu akhiwe esikhumulweni sezindiza esikhulu saseHarare, lapho izindiza ezizimele ezimbalwa zilethe abathengi bakwa-Israel, India, Lebanon naseRussia, kusho izikhulu.
U-Abbey Chikane, umhloli wenhlangano elawula amadayimane emhlabeni wonke, u-Abbey Chikane, uqinisekise ukuthi amadayimane asekulungele ukuthengiswa ngoLwesithathu, njengoba ethe amadayimane akhungethwe ingxabano avela ezimayini ezimbili empumalanga yeZimbabwe ahlangabezana nezindinganiso zamazwe ngamazwe. Alinganiselwa ku-900,000 carats afakwe endalini ngoLwesithathu, kusho uMnyango wezezimayini.
Abacuphi benhlanganiso ebona ngezamadayimana emhlabeni jikelele bathi nyakenye amatshe aligugu ambiwa emasimini amadayimana eMarange yizigqili ezazitshelwe ukuthi zembe kumbe zife, akhitshwa ngamasotsha adlwengula atshaya abantu. Nokho i-Kimberley Process, indikimba yedayimane, ithe lawo matshe ayigugu awafaneleki “njengamadayimane egazi.”
Inhlanganiso ye Human Rights Watch ithi abantwana abaleminyaka elitshumi lanye baphoqeleka ukuthi basebenze amahola alitshumi lanye ngelanga emadayimani eMarange bengaholi lutho. Le nhlangano ithe inesizathu sokukholelwa ukuthi okungenani zingu-10 izingane ezisasebenza lapho kusukela ngoFebhuwari 11.
Ugatsha lwezemigodi eZimbabwe lusola inhlanganiso ezilwela ilungelo loluntu “ngokuthengisa amanga” ngokwephula amalungelo.
Alikho inani elicatshangelwayo lamatshe, nakuba izilinganiso ezingekho emthethweni zifinyelela ku-$2 billion, okuwukukhuphula okukhulu komnotho weZimbabwe ogulayo nokumelela ingxenye eyodwa kwezintathu yezikweletu zezwe laseNingizimu Afrika.
Izinkambu zedayimane ezisempumalanga zembulwa ngo-2006 futhi kulinganiselwa ukuthi zingakwazi ukuhlangabezana nengxenye eyodwa kwezine yesidingo samadayimane emhlabeni. Okutholakele kuchazwa njengokukhulu kakhulu eningizimu ye-Afrika kusukela kwatholakala amadayimane eKimberley eNingizimu Afrika eminyakeni eyikhulu edlule.
LOKHO ONGAKUTHATHE KULESI SIHLOKO:
- 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.
