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‘They want to remove us and take the rock’, say Zimbabweans living near Chinese-owned mines


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A convoy of trucks laden with huge black granite rocks trundles along the dusty pathway as a group of villagers look on grimly. Every day more than 60 trucks take granite for export along this rugged road through Nyamakope village in the district of Mutoko, 90 miles east of Zimbabwe’s capital, Harare. The air reverberates with blasts and heavy machinery noises as the mountain above the village is slowly reduced, slab by slab. Quarrying has been happening here since the 1980s. Mutoko stone is sought after for its lustre. It is a popular material for tombstones. An extension to the...



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September 28, 2021
18:01

China denies Zimbabwe has surrendered its mineral wealth as ‘collateral’Chinese envoy blames ‘smear campaign’ in pointed attack on western countries SHARE BYPRINCE MACHAYA 07:38, 27 SEP 2021 HEALTH, NEWS Vaccine diplomacy … Vice President Constantino Chiwenga receiving a consignment of donated Chinese vaccines in Harare on Sunday, September 26, 2021 SHARE HARARE – Zimbabwe and China on Sunday touted their “time-tested” and “strategic” friendship as they sought to deflect growing criticism of China’s environmentally unfriendly mining practices across the country. In its latest display of vaccine diplomacy, China donated 500,000 doses of Sinopharm on Sunday – and its top diplomat in Harare used the occasion to launch an attack on western countries for “paying lip service” to Covid-19 vaccine equity. Chinese miners have been accused of displacing communities in Mutoko and Uzumba, as well as destroying wildlife sanctuaries in Hwange and Mavhuradonha – many Zimbabweans believe a price President Emmerson Mnangagwa is willing to pay to keep China’s support on infrastructure development and tackling the pandemic flowing. Vice President Constantino Chiwenga, who also doubles up as health minister, received the latest vaccine consignment as he railed against “so many uninvited voices talking about the friendship between Zimbabwe and China, trying to destroy what has been achieved through the help from the Peoples’ Republic of China.” He vowed: “That misinformation, no matter how they scream or shout, is not going to destroy that comprehensive strategic partnership between the two peoples. “That friendship will continue to grow day-by-day, month-by-month, year-by-year, decade-upon-decade and centuries-upon-centuries to come and nothing is going to disturb or destroy that friendship between our two countries.” China’s ambassador to Zimbabwe Guo Shaochun claimed “lately in Zimbabwe, some elements are once again hatching a smear campaign against Chinese investments in Zimbabwe.” China is sensitive to accusations that it is extending loans and making generous donations to Zimbabwe to clear the path for Chinese companies to exploit the country’s natural resources. Dozens of Chinese mining companies have set up operations across the country – digging for anything from coal, gold, chrome, diamonds through to palladium. “I would like to reiterate that China’s assistance to and cooperation with Zimbabwe and Africa as a whole is the most transparent,” Shaochun insisted, speaking at the Harare International Airport. “There are no political strings or economic process tags attached. It’s never offered to Zimbabwe in exchange for natural resources or with natural resources as collateral.” Western countries “cannot share the time-tested friendship between China and Zimbabwe,” said Shauchun, as he accused them of “watching from the sidelines with their arms folded, paying lip service, and maintaining their illegal, unilateral sanctions at such a life and death moment.” China – currently constructing Zimbabwe’s new parliament building, upgrading the coal-powered Hwange Power Station and expanding the Victoria Falls International Airport and Robert Gabriel Mugabe International Airport – will “continue to stand firmly with Zimbabwe to protect life, promote development, defend sovereignty and take our comprehensive strategic partnership of co-operation to greater heights,” pledged Shauchun. China says it has donated over 1.25 billion vaccine doses to over 100 countries since the pandemic outbreak, as it chides western countries for hoarding vaccines to give their populations. On Sunday, Zimbabwe’s health ministry said over three million people had taken the first dose of the vaccines – or about 20 percent of the population.


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