Own Correspondent|Government has for ages denied the fact that soldiers and other state security agents deployed in the Marange Diamond Fields are looting the precious gem.

In an exclusive interview with ZimEye.com in Marange on Friday, highly placed authorities within the diamond mining sector confirmed that the soldiers and state security agents are working in cohorts with some illegal diamond miners known as Magweja to loot the diamonds for personal benefits.

Zimbabwe Diamonds and Aligned Workers Union leader Ms Billian Matambo told ZimEye.com that the soldiers engage the illegal miners into the fields to mine diamonds and thereafter share the loot.

Watch the full interview with Mr Matambo in the video downloading below: