23 “While the government and the KPCS this week revelled in the limelight of finally settling the contentious issue of Marange diamonds, the lives of these families tell a story of unfulfilled promises, poor planning and lack of care for citizens by a government only too concerned with milking resources, the journalist wrote.” 90 Families evicted from Chiadzwa have been forced to live in barns on a rundown farm Photograph: Sherperd Tozvireva – InvestigativeZim.com On November 20, it was reported that an official of Core Mining, the South African company ejected from the Marange diamond fields, had accused a cartel of ZANU PF vultures of staging a hostile takeover of the firm’s mining claims. The official said he feared that US$70 million worth of stockpiled gems could disappear from its vault unless urgent action was taken. 91 In response, the ZMDC said the joint venture agreement signed between Marange Resources and Core Mining of South Africa was fraudulently signed and no longer binding. 92 An official from Core Mining, a 50% shareholder of Canadile, made an urgent application to the High Court to prevent Canadile’s stockpile from being sold without its approval. 93 90 InvestigativeZim.com, ‘families evicted from Zimbabwe’s diamond fields forced to live in barns’, 16 November, 2010: http://investigativezim.com/2010/11/16/families-evicted-from-zimbabwes-diamond-fields-forced-to-live-inbarns/ 91 The Zimbabwean, ‘Canadile official spills the beans’, 20 November 2010: http://www.thezimbabwean.co.uk/news/35693/canadile-official-spills-the-beans.html 92 Diamond News, ‘Zimbabwe Gov newspaper: Diamond joint venture dead’, 30 November 2010: http://www.diamondne.ws/2010/11/30/zimbabwe-gov-newspaper-diamond-joint-venturedead/#ixzz1T1ph26Fn 93 Rough& Polished, ‘Core Mining ‘black-list diamonds from disputed mine’, 6 December 2010: http://www.rough-polished.com/en/news/45342.html