Chiadzwa’s Diamond Curse: Climate Change, Environmental Destruction and a Broken Community

By Fanuel Chinowaita CHIADZWA, ZIMBABWE , 15 May 2025– What was once a beacon of Zimbabwe’s economic promise has become a symbol of environmental destruction and social decay. The diamond mining boom in Chiadzwa, which began in 2006, enriched Chinese nationals, politically connected elites, and private syndicates but left the local community impoverished, displaced, and…

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Supreme Court Commutes Death Sentences of Child Murderers to Life Imprisonment

Fanuel Chinowaita Harare – May 15, 2025 – The Supreme Court of Zimbabwe has officially commuted the death sentences of Tafadzwa Shamba and Tapiwa Makore (Senior) to life imprisonment following their conviction for the brutal murder of seven-year-old Tapiwa Makore (Junior) in 2023. The decision, announced on May 12, comes nearly two years after the…

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