Jane Mlambo| Civil society groups currently meeting in Harare have expressed anger at the government over its failure to address corruption in the mining of diamonds saying the exclusion of communities in the negotiation of contracts was unfair on them.

Farai Maguwu of the Centre for Natural Resource Governance charged that due to government’s heavy security brigade, Marange had become a colony of Zimbabwe.

“Marange is a colony, if you want to go to Marange you need a visa or what they call permit which we are against.

“We can’t be a country where those in government negotiate contracts that benefits them only without involving the communities,” fumed Maguwu.