Background to the Mujurus diamond company referred to by Grace Mugabe

Much of what Grace Mugabe is accusing Joice Mujuru of doing dates back to 2006 according to a report called Reap What You Sow: Greed and Corruption in Zimbabwe’s Marange Diamond Fields that was compiled by a group called Africa Partnership Canada. The company - African Consolidated Resources - Grace talks of was the first to file a diamond claim March 2006. See the chronology below.
Marange Chronology
Early 1990s
De Beers secures an Exclusive Prospecting Order (EPO) for parts of Marange; undertakes preliminary samples but determines claim is neither viable nor in line with company practice to avoid alluvial deposits.
March 2006
African Consolidated Resources (ACR) files claim based on lapsed De Beer’s EPO.
June 2006
Government encourages ordinary Zimbabweans to mine in Marange; thousands descend.
October 2006
ACR evicted from land; Minister of Mines Amos Midzi awards mining and exploration rights to Zimbabwe Mineral Development Corporation (ZMDC); police and military step in to quell illegal mining and smuggling, with little success.
October-November 2008
Government launches Operation Hakudzowki (No Return), resulting in serious human rights abuses, including the deaths of over 200 illegal miners, massacred by ground troops and helicopter gunships.
February 2009
Obert Mpofu appointed Minister of Mines.
June-July 2009
Kimberley Process undertakes fact-finding mission to Zimbabwe. Hears evidence of serious human rights abuses in 2008 and 2009. Concludes Zimbabwe is non-compliant with minimum requirements, including widespread smuggling and direct involvement of military in mining.
November 2009
KP meets in Swakopmund, Namibia, imposes export embargo on Marange diamonds until noticeable improvements made. Government of Zimbabwe agrees to a Joint Work Plan (JWP), a roadmap to bring the country back into KP compliance.
June 2010
PAC issues a second report on Zimbabwe at KP meeting in Tel Aviv that finds evidence of ongoing human rights abuses and smuggling. KP maintains embargo on Marange diamonds.
July 2010
KP and Government of Zimbabwe negotiate “St Petersburg Agreement”, after a meeting in the Russian city. Deal allows for two exports in return for further improvement.
November 2010
Government of Zimbabwe demands KP lift embargo, declaring Marange operations “compliant”. Canadile implodes amidst corruption charges. KP meeting in Jerusalem ends in deadlock over lack of progress by Zimbabwe to meet terms of JWP.
March 2011
KP Chair, the Democratic Republic of Congo, erroneously green-lights Marange shipments, despite lack of consensus among KP members. Only South Africa accepts his interpretation; all other trading centres maintain import ban.
June 2011
Civil Society groups—one of the three pillars of the KP—walk out of KP meeting in Kinshasa in protest to disinterest by participant countries and industry to address continuing concerns about smuggling and rights violations.
November 2011
KP Plenary held in Kinshasa. For first time in 10-year history of KP, Civil Society stays away. Meeting concludes with lifting of export restrictions on Mbada and Canadile, now operating as Marange Resources. Subsequent companies to be granted exports dependent on positive approval of KP Monitor.
January 2012
Chinese company Anjin granted right to export.
February 2012
Diamond Mining Company (DMC), a Dubai-based company, wins right to export.