Chiadzwa2 Nov 2021 17:07
The following post was made here in May 2020
Has anything changed since?
Part 1
"We are supposed to be Signing with ZCDC for a joint venture in Chiadzwa........Where is our chiadzwa concession?
We were told about our Chiadzwa community concession with the Marange Zimunya Community Trust, through Red Mercury. We were also told about another concession (Block E2, or Eii) also in Chiadzwa.
Looking on the ZCDC website at the concessions (portals) that ZCDC operate, it's quite clear that the website has not been updated for some time. The website still states that ZCDC operates 8 mining portals, at various stages from evaluation to mining.
1. Portal A
2. Portal B
3. Portal C
4. Portal D
5. Portal E (Chimanimani)
6. Portal Q
7. Portal R
8. T-concessions (none in Chiadzwa)
- Chihota, 160km northwest of chiadzwa
- Penalonga, 80km northeast of chiadzwa
- Mwenezi, 200km southwest of chiadzwa
To start with, we can eliminate both the T-concessions (8) and Portal E (5) as none of these are located in Chiadzwa.
We can also eliminate ZCDC's Portal Q (6) from the list, as Anjin were granted permission to commence mining activities
on the concession as of July 2019.
https://allafrica.com/stories/201907150334.html
This now leaves ZCDC with only 5 mining portals to operate. Portals A,B,C,D and R.
However, Anjin controversially resumed operations in February 2020 in ZCDC's diamond rich concession, Portal B (2) following a directive from the Minister Winston Chitando, which resulted in resignations within ZCDC.
http://kubatana.net/2020/05/01/mining-lifespan-for-zcdc-cut-by-50-as-government-dispossess-lucrative-concession-to-anjin/
Additionally, the link above also states that Anjin refused to surrender their original concession, Portal C (3). Meaning ZCDC are now only left with three portals, portals A, D and R.
Further more, the link above also states that "The company (ZCDC) is now left with Portal A, where they are currently mining", which suggests that portals D and R are no longer in the hands of ZCDC either, only Portal A is.
The link below (if you scroll down the page) shows a map of the chiadzwa concessions, and how they were distributed before they were taken from Anjin and others.
https://globalpressjournal.com/africa/zimbabwe/diamond-rush-shoddy-housing-jobs-eastern-zimbabwe/
Looking back for a moment at Portal C (3). Anjin clearly refused to give this portal up because it was operated by them before it was stripped from them in 2016.
If Anjin refused to surrender portal C (3) because it was originally theirs, then they would have also refused to surrender Block Eii, along with Block Lii aswell. These are the three constituents that make up Anjin's original claim, as shown in the image below, of the identical, but updated map of the chiadzwa concessions.
https://www.google.com/search?q=marange+diamond+fields&tbm=isch&hl=en&chips=q:marange+diamond+fields,g_1:map&prmd=nmiv&hl=en&ved=2ahUKEwjVjbjFhs_pAhU