27 Two months later, Zim Online reported that diamonds from Chiadzwa had been airlifted to Harare without monitoring by the Mineral Marketing Corporation of Zimbabwe (MMCZ), police or any other authority in the country, in what appeared a clear violation of KP calls for maximum transparency. 109 “Acting head of marketing at the MMCZ …. Masimba Chandavengerwa, told Parliament's mines and energy committee that although his organisation evaluates and monitors the diamonds, it has not been represented when the gems are airlifted from Mutare to Harare,” Zim Online noted. 110 According to the report, when ZANU PF legislator Simbaneuta Mudarikwa asked if the MMCZ was aware of the airlifting of diamonds from Chiadzwa, Chandavengerwa stunned the committee [by] saying: "At the moment, [the airlifting is being done] without our knowledge." 111 “The MMCZ acting boss also conceded that handling of diamonds at Chiadzwa ….still fell short of KP standards - two months after Harare promised to act to review operations at the diamond field to ensure compliance with the requirements [of the KP].” 15 BEYOND REASONABLE GREED – MASS SCALE CORRUPTION AND SMUGGLING “A mine is a hole in the ground with a fool at the bottom and a liar at the top.” Attributed to Mark Twain “Every day millions of dollars’ worth of diamonds leave Zimbabwe from the world’s richest diamond field. But none of that money reaches the country’s desperate poor. Who are the men plundering a nation’s future?” This is the question posed by the Sunday Times (UK) in an article titled “Robert Mugabe’s dirty diamonds”, dated April 4, 2010. 112 In 2006, the Sunday Times wrote, Marange was being mined by hand [which is known to be slow, tedious and dangerous work]. “Now that President Mugabe’s inner circle has seized the field, stateof-the-art machinery extracts thousands of carats an hour,” continued the Sunday Times. 113 After African Consolidated Resources (ACR) had been evicted from the diamond fields at the close of 2006, there was an initial uncontrollable free-for-all. Diamonds were smuggled out via Mozambique and South Africa, then shipped to Europe, India and the Middle East for cutting and polishing. 109 Zim Online, ‘No one monitoring airlifting of Chiadzwa diamonds’, 2 February 2010: http://www.zimonline.co.za/Article.aspx?ArticleId=5663 110 Zim Online, ‘No one monitoring airlifting of Chiadzwa diamonds’, 2 February 2010: http://www.zimonline.co.za/Article.aspx?ArticleId=5663 111 Zim Online, ‘No one monitoring airlifting of Chiadzwa diamonds’, 2 February 2010: http://www.zimonline.co.za/Article.aspx?ArticleId=5663 112 Sunday Times (UK), ‘Robert Mugabe’s dirty diamonds’, 4 April 2010: http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/africa/article7084367.ece 113 Sunday Times (UK), ‘Robert Mugabe’s dirty diamonds’, 4 April 2010: http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/africa/article7084367.ece