Eerie silence at Zimbabwe diamond mine
| By David Farira Mutare, Zimbabwe |
Godwin Muti was one of the first people to descend on Chiadzwa when word spread that diamonds had been discovered in the arid and impoverished part of Manicaland Province.
Mr Muti, 31, an unemployed father-of-two, was wallowing in poverty. He could hardly pay rent for a one-room house where he lodged in the old township of Sakubva in Mutare city.
When word reached him about the discovery of diamonds in Chiadzwa, Mr Muti joined thousands of other desperate miners in the rush to Chiadzwa, then an unknown and desolate place.
A few months later his life had been transformed.
Suddenly he living in the middle-class suburb of Dangamvura, the proud owner of a Sedan 323 car and a number of homes that had been beyond his wildest dreams.
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Once Mr Muti got the diamonds from the fields he could immediately sell them to buyers readily available close to the fields.
Dealers flocked from all over the world, including South Africa, Mozambique, Nigeria, Guinea, Mauritania, Lebanon, Iraq, Israel and Belgium.
They were prepared to part with as much as $200 (
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