Mozambique's rubies: A blessing or a curse? | DW Documentary
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- Опубликовано: 28 ноя 2024
- Rubies are increasingly prized on the international gemstone market. The world's largest ruby mine is in northern Mozambique, where thousands of people are fleeing extremist militias. Can the lucrative business improve the lives of the people there?
The mine's executives have a clear-cut position: They say they pay the taxes they owe, and Mozambique's government should use the money to build schools in the region, ensure security and fight poverty. They say the mine alone can't provide a livelihood to the entire region. Meanwhile, some residents regularly attempt to enter and mine rubies themselves. In the past, there have been reports of violent confrontations with the mine's security personnel. Are the rubies a blessing or a curse? A report by Adrian Kriesch.
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Exploiting your own people is the worst form of treatment in this century. Corruption is a global thing but at least give your people some dignified life
I couldn't have said it better myself.
Unfortunately, exploitation of your own people is a story as old as time, it's not unique to this century.
Ditto!
100% smart wealthy countries learned that the better off/wealthier your people are the more wealth you can extract & probably even more important, their regime's become MUCH more stable & lasting. From a purely greedy perspective it's a win-win
The one who exploiting its own people is also a victim of being exploited by the greedy capitalist outside the country.
I am Mozambican and believe me this woman is lying 😕 it really breaks my heart to see my people suffering like that, and all they do is make excuses of colonialism and independence. I don’t deny it played a role, but we can see a lot of countries that took less than 50 years to make a turn around. Excuse makers and thieves this is our government. I really hope for the best of my people
Agree with u ... What a lame excuse
Be the side of your people even if they are lying
Muito triste
Mas vão pagar por tudo
Corruptos
a culpa é dos moçambicanso que votaram no governo. portanto são a favor dessa corrupção.
Exatamente! Muito triste a situação.
Did the area governor lady said "countries don't become rich in 50 years"...lady have you seen Asian countries?
As an African watching this kind of broken and corrupt government system all of over African countries breaks my heart!
I hope that countries in mama Africa will get the leaders they deserve and stop nonsenses like this one!
Definitely countries do develop in even less than 50 years, China, well Tanzania tried under Magufuli, till some globalist killed him! It is easy to blame african leaders, but then forget about the role of corrupt and greedy multinationals, especially in the case of Tanzania how they dodge taxes and try to mislead the government
I was waiting for this comment... That lady is very corrupt...50 years is too much for a country with so much resources to be rich...school hospital and they are done... No no no that's madness
That's the only way to protect they power no education, no development, no future for d locals
@@goal5767-e8n but it’s a country that the white colonizers keep stealing from.
If you elect the right governor the system kills him.
Interesting comment by the government official that no one can expect prosperity after only 50 years of independence. I hesitate to point to Singapore, South Korea, Taiwan, or any number of other former colonies that greatly improved their people's lives. Of course, those countries did not have the same levels of corruption one sees in Mozambique or Angola.
Rwanda just to add an African country after a genocide.... Mozambique like most of the African countries has a huge problem ahead, hunt all those who are stealing and making things worse for d people. But there's no will and for those who rule everything is working according....
And Malaysia.
Singapore, South Korea, Taiwan succeed because they INVESTED IN EDUCATION. Student from all those countries are in TOP5 best students in the world. If Africa want to prosper, it need to invest in EDUCATION in TECHNOLOGY field...
@@YouYou-sm8tf Absolutely agree!
Rme. The united States went out of its way to help those countries. Unlike African countries, which the united States goes out of its way to keep poor.
I just wish Africans wont be so wicked to Africans! Howdoes a country sell Gem stones and still its people at the fringes of starvation and extreme poverty! My heart weeps for Africa!
stop doing that it's embarrassing
@@geoms6263 ?
So true. So sad.
Yes so true and as Naija countrymen you would know... your people 500 year betrayal is still wreaking havoc globally... Atone NOW Nigeria 🇳🇬 and ALL of West 🌍 Africa.
@@Flower-ck2bs that's a coward that wants to continue to hide the crimes and betrayal of west africants.
A mine making millions, and look at their lifestyle and poverty... Also getting arrested for "stealing" for some food from their own country resources. This is disgusting.
Exactly. Thank you for Your Wisdom.
And when that mine leaves there will be absolutely nothing except open hands reaching for a hand out
Yall don't seem to relise their adults chosing to work in the mine by their own free will, people in America pay alot just to visit these mines and spend a day in the mine themselves. It's a privilege to have a ruby mine , also stealing what others grow is not ok , they need to grow their own food instead of committing crimes, you and them are the probl3m
The man who owns the mine is a colonial European man
The mine is providing 1500 jobs, 97% for people from Mozambique. The company are the highest tax payers in the region and are supporting thousands of medical consultations, school placements, infrastructure investment and training centres. Please get your facts straight.
"Countries aren't underdeveloped, they're overexploited."
-Michael Parenti
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By their own countrymen. That's the case of Africa.
Exactly!
@@aeliusromanus9338 oh yeah. Just like the rubber industry or the slave trade. It was their fellow countrymen who were responsible for the whole thing. Ask lamumba how well opposing exploitation went for him.
@@aeliusromanus9338 influenced by secret services and intelligence agencies
2:55 "You feel bad for the guy" But not enough to cut profits and pay people a real wage. Be clear; you don't feel THAT bad for the people.
Yeah but by 5:30 you learn they set up a complaint box so there’s that🕋🤷♂️
Exactly
Pay real wages? He didn't work there he was a thief...
@@michaelf.2449 Did you watch the whole video or just not understand it?
@@hoboryan3455 literally watched the whole thing and the company isn't in the wrong here.. they're paying the taxes and paying good wages obviously because all the workers look to be doing fine. He's right they cannot hire 80k people
People thrown in jail for "stealing" resources that should be theirs, not owned by a shady occidental company.
YA KNA 🙌🙌🙌
It does because everyone is supposed to get something from the taxes paid. But as usual, the government spending the taxes correctly is a problem. The people should make sure the government they vote for is a good government. That's how all the people benefit.
@@olsaffa7679 But we have already known for decades that concession of a states natural resources only benefits the companies, maybe a few politicians and generate inequality. There have never been a different result, ever. Not in Latin America, not in africa, not in Asia. It's imperialism. And it only benefits the top 1%, always
It is easy to blame the governments, but it's the IMF, WB and occidental organizations that push for this privatization, and they know every single leader can be either corrupted or pressured, that's their speciality.
@@olsaffa7679 Like Right now, the US south command, Laura Richardson, is planning to take some Military proxy war or tactic to take Bolivia's (and the triangle) Lithium.
Of course, DW will never address this, but they are planning to steal the lithium in LA, everybody knows it does not benefit locals, but nobody cares.
It is their corrupt government, not the corps. The gov can out restrictions and laws on the crops operation in their country to benefit their people.
There is always going to be poverty when raw materials are involved. The powers that be ALWAYS MAKE SURE THAT these places remain ungovernable in order to exploit their desperation
Sounds like a bunch of BS that the locals are being cared for at all and then they act like they don’t understand why people get violent when their wealth is being robbed from underneath them and they’re not getting anything but grief and sorrow The greed of some people knows no boundaries.
It's not their wealth. They probably didn't even know what rubies were until that mine came along. Instead of bum rushing the place, they should politically and economically organize themselves to get shares in the mine or even a land concession. Until people like them wise up and act like intelligent humans, they will always be at the bottom of any society they inhabit, even their own.
These people have EVERY RIGHT TO MINE ON THEIR HOMELAND! This is BS, these people should share in the profits plain and simple.
This is history repeating itself over and over
I dont know the property laws in Mozambique, but i imagine that the government owns the land around the mines, not the farmers.
As an African I can say that all the money is going into the politicians and government employees pockets. That lady talking at 10:45 already filled her pockets, she doesn’t care about developing the country. Self preservation.
So true.
Then may I suggest removing the crooked from office and ex!stance?
I agree 💯.....they are neglecting their own people.
Feel sad for these poor ppl... God bless them
"the mine has been burrying people alive so complaint boxes were set up"
thats hilarious
they will just throw complaint papers in the trash
the mineshaft is the "Complaint box"
That was just a claim without evidence though. And I hope we all know here that DW is not the most trustworthy source, it's literally a state owned outlet.
African leaders please make our countries better it’s high time
Well..I suggest you not hold your breath🤷🏽♀️. Not them nor any world government will do that. Have you all not read Bible prophecies?
Well whether you believe the Bible or not, see for yourself and then look around to see if what it foretold a long time ago is being fulfilled in our modern day. Then decide if it is lying or it is the honest to God truth🤷🏽♀️
You seriously think they can simply use votes to force A Government…any Government to give them a better life? Do you think they have the will or the intention to do so. When ever has this worked on this planet earth? Where in the world has voting and politicians improve the lives of its citizens by means of vote? You all in for a very rude awakening if you think or believe the one who rules and control and runs the world Satan the Devil 💎1 John 5:19 who has his minions in the Body of Government and man is going to allow them to fix what he intends to destroy….souls and lives and Almighty God’s beautiful creation…planet earth. If voting worked, things would have gotten better along time ago but instead things have gotten worst, are getting worst and will get worst than this for people all over the world. YOU AIN’T SEE NOTHING YET…JUST YOU HOLD ON A LITTLE WHILE LONGER…EARTHQUAKES, FOOD SHORTAGES, PESTILENCE, PLAGUES AND SICKNESSES OF ALL SORTS, PERSECUTION ….💎Matthew 24:1- 51 (READ THE ENTIRE CHAPTER FOR WHAT GOD TOLD US IS COMING. IF YOU THINK THIS IS A LIE, THEN READ THIS CHAPTER AND ITS SCRIPTURES AND THEN LOOK AROUND AND WATCH YOUR LOCAL AND WORLDLY NEWS.
You know what this mean? THE GREAT TRIBULATION. These conditions will be unlike any that had occurred since men came to be on the earth….💎Revelation 16:17-21 (Read the entire chapter for full context). Our world as we know it is coming to an End JUST AS THE BIBLE HAS FORETOLD. We are in critical times…End times. JUST YOU READ 💎2 Timothy 3:1-5 which confirms this fact. No HUMAN GOVERNMENT CAN FIXED THE WICKEDNESS THAT PLAGUES THIS ENTIRE EARTH BECAUSE THIS WORLD WAS HANDED TO SATAN THE DEVIL TO CONTROL… HENCE THE MESS IT IS IN.
Read 💎Revelation 12:12. SATAN TRIED TO OFFER IT TO JESUS WHEN HE TRIED TO TEMPT JESUS TO BOW DOWN AND WORSHIP HIM. Jesus wanted no parts of this world,.. nothing or any of the things in it because his kingdom is not of this world. Be like Jesus know and understand you all will never by voting get a human government to fix ANYTHING because Jesus is returning to to destroy the works of the Devil 💎1 John 3:8. And a New Kingdom…God’s Kingdom 💎Daniel 2:44 will replace this wicked one by cleansing it is the wicked one (Satan) and his followers. And the righteous will inherit the new earth 💎Psalm 37:9-11, 22, 29, 34.
SO IN ESSENCE PEOPLES VOTES ARE AN ABSOLUTE WASTE OF TIME AND WILL AMOUNT TO NOTHING. BUT THEIR IS HOPE IN THE NEW WORLD TO COME….GODS KINGDOM…VOTE FOR THAT KINGDOM BY SPREADING THE GOOD NEWS AS WE ARE COMMISSIONED TO DO BY GOD AND HIS SON JESUS CHRIST
💎Matthew 24:14 AND 💎Matthew 28:19, 20. And TELL THEM ABOUT THE NEW WORLD THEY CAN LOOK FORWARD TO
💎Revelation 21:3, 4 BECAUSE THIS ONE IS JUST ABOUT OVER AS WE STEADILY MARCH CLOSER AND CLOSER TO THE END. THE WORLD AND THE WORLD CONDITIONS IS PROOF POSITIVE OF THIS TRUTH…BIBLE PROPHECIES ARE BEING FULFILLED. FOR THOSE WHO READ AND STUDY THE BIBLE THIS IS QUITE EVIDENT.
SO NO MA’AM, VOTING WILL NOT FIX SOMETHING THAT IS MEANT TO BE DESTROYED AND REPLACED WITH SOMETHING BETTER JUST AS. ALMIGHTY GOD INTENDED IT TO BE WHEN HE CREATED THE GARDEN OF EVE AND PLACED THOSE TWO SOULS HER CREATED IN IT (ADAM and EVE) who messed things up because of their disobedience to God’s Law.
Same destruction is coming to this earth like in the days of Noah and Sodom and Gomorrah because man choose to be like and follow the ways and rule of the Devil, the god of this world and Not our Almighty God. DISOBEDIENCE BRINGS DESTRUCTION.
GOD’S KINGDOM IS THE ONLY THING THAT CAN FIX WHAT AILS THIS WORLD…NO EARTHLY GOVERNMENT…NO MAN. IT THEY COULD, IT WOULD HAVE ALREADY BEEN DONE🤷🏽♀️.
LET THOSE WHO HAVE EARS HEAR AND LISTEN. CONSIDER YOURSELVES WARNED⚠️
Exactly
NOW!!!!!!!!
Africa has to unite first.
This is why the population should vote more wisely.
This mine is owned 75 percent by a company based on London called Gemfields where they funnel all profits out of Mozambique to outside investors. Disgusting.
It's probably owned by the Queen of England. I just found out one of the biggest copper mines in the world which is in Utah near my house is supposedly owned by the Queen. What doesn't this evil woman own?
@@andreabontempo643 it's the same here with south africas gold and diamonds. The queen currently has the biggest south african diamond ever found the cullinan, she also wears indian kohinoor diamond on her crown. How can u ever respect a queen that wears a stolen diamond on her crown
The European Colonial Devil
Gemfields employ 1500 people, 97% from Mozambique, they are the largest tax paying in the region and around 80% of all revenue generated stays in Mozambique.
Poor guy just trying to feed his family
I was saddened to hear of the atrocities meted out to the people of the area. Buried alive? For risking their lives to earn a living? Oh my goodness! Yes, they are infringing on company property but where's the compassion? It's a matter of survival NOT greed! Can there be a compromise where the locals are given a section of the mining area to do their own mining on a rostered basis perhaps and then sell the rubies mined to the company? Surely, there must be an equitable solution. My heart bleeds...
Nah
@Jack Burton Actually that's how the American public became wealthy during the Gold rush, they panned and mined gold using simple tools and sold it to the govt. Africa has a curse, you can have a company extracting billions of dollars a year from an area but the locals don't eat 2 meals a day or have running or even clean water. In many cases the companies destroy the local water supplies. To compound the problem the revenue generated from these govt private company partnerships rarely makes it's way back to the nations treasury, it usually ends in the pockets of a few powerful politicians.
I totally Agreed with u!! The locals are so poor to risk their lives for living only, who to blame ??? The Government of course!! Creat job employment to these poor locals, and NOT LOCK them up in jail !! So sad indeed .. GOD BLESS THE LOCALS ♥️♥️♥️✝️
@@msi4063
Exactly!! GOD WILL JUDGE THESE SINFUL PPLS on JUDGEMENT DAY !! We now living in END TIME. ✝️GOD IS LOVE. HE hates Greeds n Sins. The Result of SIN is DEATH !! 💀
The solution is called property rights and competent government.
Sad state of our Nations. Government of Mozambique has neglected these people living around the mine. Can’t help but think about the guy when he was caught and he mentioned he have a 4 month old.
Why have kids you can't feed?
@@RichardVSmall Being poor is a pain
@@RichardVSmall he was trying to make a living.
@@RichardVSmall In many African cultures, if you do not have a child, your marriage is not viewed as a marriage by the family. And remember they do not have the same mind set as you. We get a bigger picture of the world and the economy than they do. I also understand that the gov can not afford to help everyone. Even here in South Africa, the tax payers is a tiny % of the population. It is a catch 22. You want your cities to run like a first world city (or as close as you can get it) so we can compete with the world and be a player. And at the same time fight crime, poverty and corruption and an infustructure that needs to be maintained and grow. This is a small part of a country. I bet there are similar things happening in your own country. A small town gets polluted for capital gain.
Isn't it a odd coincidence militants tend to pop up where there is precious stones, oil etc
Isn’t it odd money is the root of all evil? 🤑💰💵💵💵💲💲💲🙈🙉
They know what they are doing
This happens in all countries where there are need for resources. It has been going on for centuries. Look at South American countries, the Middle East. Diamonds, emeralds, rubies, gold, copper, lithium, uranium, trees, the vultures of governments and Coorperations. New ideas now. 💡 Love to all humanity ❤️ Families and people come first in all countries, not greed.
But some spread the wealth - ask them for advice.
@@CHMichael no they dont, but they do provide jobs.
@@Pepe-dq2ib emirates seem to do it right. - also Sweden. - Alaska has some profit sharing.
I wonder if some of these people would be willing to set up a system that is good for the people. ( I know- it's a fairytale)
It's a sad fact that as our societies grow from tribes to nations the amount of power/authority conceded to Gov'ts inherently becomes abusive towards the civilians. Everything that's been tried has failed to curb the cycle, true democracies can't scale, republics eventually raise corrupt senates, Monarch's are a coin flip, Communism eventually eats itself through inept central control/rising dictators. I could go on for a long while, but I think I made my point lol. The only way to prolong our collapse is by being an educated, alert & cohesive citizenry with iron-clad rights
Australia
Heart💔😢 sickening to see these people impoverished by it's own Govt.'s greed & oppression!!!
Thanks, DW. This is a great documentary.
What an informative documentary... I always love to watch DW Documentary.
I am from mozambique and can tell you this documentary is for intertaining. Did they tell you that terrorist only appear after the multinationals start exploring? Did they tell you the multinationals have private army that kill people when cought diging? Do you know we never a single al shabab
@@daniantonio5992 is there any way to get in touch with you via e-mail? I would very much like to speak with you about what you know in this regard.
@@daniantonio5992 I know about the private army of multinational and exploitation of resources and people by them..But it is your government who allow them for money..and like most of the African countries government will spent few dollars on public and kept a large chunk for themselves...I said that line about DW Documentary because I haven't heard about monazambiqe and the rubies mining industry..I came to know first time.
@@KaushalKumar-se7sb those goverments are western pupets, western put them there heigther by changing regime or manipulate election
@@daniantonio5992 I agree...We have seen this in Africa, middle East, Afghanistan, Vietnam.
Nationalize the ruby business. This is the birthright of the citizens of Mozambique.
Yeah, that will surely eliminate state driven corruption
@@uncriecrasant Perfectly neoliberal of you to say that. Thanks for your continued support of western hegemony and plunder in Mozambique.
So ironic whenever a country decides to nationalize "their own" resources, the US suddenly institutes coups, regime change and economic warfare. Perhaps there's something to the whole nationalizing of "your own" resources. Hmmm
@@uncriecrasant I assume your state run institutions are politically sanitary and not gamed by corporate interests. Oh course.
This makes me want to cry
So sad to see. Such beautiful land and beautiful people. Colonialism really screwed Africa over.
For hundreds of years
Yup, everyone was just dancing around having fun with no murder in sight till the whyte man came.
@@Pepe-dq2ib f wipipo. 👉🏿🙍♂️🙍♀️
Thank you foe another insightful documentary. Could you do one for the gas projects in Mozambique as well? The mine manager must be Zimbabwean, his Shona accent and polished English displays that.
Thought he sounded South African
Thus the wheel of history goes round and round , a never endind vicious and corrupted cicle 😲
Indeed it's so disheartening
God has a plan for all of them. This will not continue indefinitely. I can assure you of that.
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You can say that again!
And they old, dried up, wrinkled up and drop dead and left it all behind for another greedy heartless, evil soul to enjoy...and the cycle continues.
Disgusting Corrupted Humans👎💩
@@CS-dn8rd Bruh
@@CS-dn8rd nonsense
Africa is the economic hub of the entire world 🌎
Cheers from west Africa
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Thank you DW for showing our reality, this's Africa 😭😭😭😭
Thanks for watching.
I cannot imagine why this is a market. Synthetic ruby is quite affordable. I purchased a 10mm round brilliant cut for $20 last year for cosplay jewelry. I double checked it for hardness and florescence and it was absolutely real. People giving up so much for a few non-remarkable gems is sad and self-destructive.
I think you might be mistaken. In this video 122kg were on auction and the turnover was close $100M. So, break it down it comes to approximately $817 per gram. That's huge.
Apparently, they can run as little as $1 per carat to $100,000 per carat, It depends. So, my bad..you ain't wrong. But in this video, clearly this are expensive gems.
They are remarkable to the buyers that's why they don't buy synthetic like you. Stick to synthetic and let those who want real ones buy those ones.
There are people who don’t want affordable. They want to flaunt how much money they spend on something that can so easily be synthesized. It’s not about how much they can save, but how much they can spend.
@@Gyaradosage I hope when all resources get scarce they will try to trade them and realise they can’t be eaten or still your thirst. They sure are beautiful. But so are the flowers in my garden in full bloom during the summertime.
It is triate to see a country with immeasurable wealth and with so many mining companies that take advantage of cheap labor often from corrupt governments that end up leaving its people increasingly poor and in misery
My country Mozambique. It's pretty sad what's happening here. There are several years of mineral exploration but the people of the region still hunt rats to eat. The whole country is full of minerals, we can get rich, wealth is having good living conditions, not lacking water, bread, schools, hospitals, gardens, and mainly sources of income to be able to occupy young people, want jobs. We are having a mismanagement of the people's assets. Our country, as always, will serve as a source, a stage to enrich people, other countries. Local politics that should interfere so that these riches are distributed to the people, do nothing, they themselves are the ones who steal, help the foreigner to take advantage. It is tearing what is happening in Mozambique. Every day several discoveries of minerals but without improvements in living conditions. We have gas in abundance but it is not benefiting anyone, just a few. The clear example is gas from Inhambane. Now, if he helped us, we wouldn't be paying high bills for water, electricity, garbage fees, cooking gas... Since the State, the country has minerals to be extracted. It's regret.
Thanks to Dw for the documentary. There's a lot going on that even we here don't know because we don't have access to information.
African nations need to nationalise they’re resources and kick out the corporations.
Well, from my experience they seem to be very keen on selling them to outsiders for nought...
@@RocketMonke69420 And that is the problem.
And then who will you sell the resources too that now are less efficiently produced and mined? The same countries whose companies you just kicked out? Joker.
That mine seems like a local opparation and not a global one. So they can't kick out local corporations.
@@RK-cj4oc You can sell to them but not let them control the resources. Prick.
All this for little red stones
Very sad that poor African people getting more poor and business people international taking there wealth. We need to stop this. 100% this is for African people Wealth not for other countries. My heart is broken
Long time ago (1964) I lived in that area of Cabo Delgado, Moz. Diving in the Quirimbas and fishing was marvellous off shore Mocimboa da Praia, in the small island of TAMBUZI. People around were so kind and so respectful.
It was a nice years stay at Cabo Delgado. The sea (fishes and corals) was so special and a great time of my life.
25% of taxes. Damn foolishness. Its exploited.
25% should go to federal taxes. 25% to the community 25% to the state taxes they can keep 25%. Otherwise they can leave. SMH
And then you have nobody doing this work.@@mademen806
Hmmmm😭My prayers are with you, Mozambique. May JAEL, ARIEL bring back peace
Good afternoon, I was one of the workers on this project, and saying I felt on the skin of the abuse by the patronages.
damn shameful 😞 just terrible how African people are exploited an robbed 😢 sad
Oh God !! This is just like the same story in the West African diamond mines of Sierra Leone. Lust and greed practically dominates in this Kali Yuga. Satyajit Ray's 1980 cult movie "Hirak Rajar Deshe" has perfectly depicted the story of these poor miners and farmers.
I had never heard of that movie, thank you for the film to watch.
I don't understand why there is an expectation for any business, whether it's a mine or a hamburger joint, to uplift the community within which it operates! If the mine is there legally, not breaking any laws, paying taxes and providing services to the community, what more do people expect them to do?! Should they give ALL the revenue to the locals? Then what's the incentive for them to carry the risk? I live in Africa and I see what the local tribes want... I'll give you a hint - it's not to earn an honest living or to start a sustainable business!
Please make a part 2 of this
Thanks for your video, lessons learned!
Simple.
I am from mozambique and can tell you this documentary is for intertaining. Did they tell you that terrorist only appear after the multinationals start exploring? Did they tell you the multinationals have private army that kill people when cought diging? Do you know we never a single al shabab
So sorry for these guys indeed!
It is so sad to see so many different African countries being taken advantage of by corporations. This is just one example of resources found in one place that only benefit people in other places. Massive government corruption only adds to the suffering of the indigenous people. Mass migration is not a real solution unfortunately...the resolution must come from within in order for changes to be sustainable and truly beneficial.
Political unrest in africa is the need of mining companies and the western market. Feeling sad for the people of Mozambique.
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Yeah, I feel the same too😪
teach people agriculture ... mining is not a long term solution... create dams.. "we buy things that we can grow, that is sad" also, land rights, like the land should be given to people with title deeds
Akh how can they face 5 years in jail for what their Land offers to em. God help this people,
Powerful film, keep tackling these issues, please. Question, if you do not buy the stones what can you do to help?
nothing, the rich needs their rubies for their wives wedding ring
Good that you exposed this to the world. Something needs to change
Showing multiple aspects of Ruby Mining ⛏️ Great Documentary
This is very, very, very sad.
I don't understand why African countries are so dependant on foreign countries to sell their resources; aren't they losing an enormous part of the profits like that, keeping the country poor?
I'm originally from Mozambique even though the last time I was there was in 1998. It breaks my heart.
5 yes for something you own?? Whereas Foreigners call it our mines?? The world is ruthless
TALK ABOUT RICHNESS AND POVERTY! This is absolutely awful! I hope the Mozambique government put much more back into the communities!
Meu país Moçambique. É bem triste o que está acontecendo aqui. São vários anos de exploração de minerais mas o povo da região ainda caça ratos para comer. Todo o país é cheio de minerais, nos podemos ficar ricos, riqueza é ter boas condições de vida, não faltar água, pão, escolas, hospitais, jardins, e principalmente fontes de rendas para poder ocupar os jovens, quer emprego. Estamos a ter uma má gerência dos bens do povo. O nosso país como sempre vai servir como fonte, palco para poder enriquecer pessoas, outros países. A política local que devia interferir de modo que essas riquezas se distribui para o povo, nada faz, eles mesmo, são os que roubam, ajudam o estrangeiro a tirar proveito. É de lacrimejar o que está acontecendo em Moçambique. A cada dia várias descobertas de minerais mas sem melhorias de condições de vida. Temos o gás em abundância mas o mesmo não está beneficiando a ninguém, alguns apenas. O exemplo claro é o gás de Inhambane. Ora, se o mesmo ajudasse-nos não estaríamos a pagar altas faturas de água, de energia elétrica, taxa de lixo, gás de cozinha... Sendo que o Estado, o país tem minerais a ser extraídos. É lamentar.
Agradecemos a Dw pelo documentário. Há muita coisa que está acontecendo que nem nós daqui sabemos porque não acesso de informação.
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@@DWDocumentary Ajudem aos Moçambicanos.
i highly suggest to anyone reading this from mozambique or any other african country who has turned to claim jumping mines out of desperation, start digging prospect holes in places no one else has looked, and stay vigilant because you are going to discover either precious metals and or gem stones, when you do, keep your mouth/s shut, keep your discoveries a secret for as long as possible, anyone with the desire and determination can find gold or gems when they look hard enough for it
One could choose to stay out of all this and buy lab-made rubies. Much cheaper, still Al2O3 and the same optical/physical qualities as natural stones.
These rubies don’t look all that beautiful…
They aren't very transparent and don't shine much until polished and cut
Raw uncut gemstones aren't generally very pretty until cut and polished.
I’m Mozambican and this is BS
We the people pay the real price of these mines
The resource curse
If institutions aren't well established, corruption is rampant and the people don't get the benefits of their resources
Great movie! You "eventually" ..................................................have to take some responsibility for your own poverty. You can no longer blame Colonialism after 50 years
Burying them alive, I was in the middle of something when I heard that, I looked up like what did I just hear?!?
lol i think i know what you mean.
Major of gemstone 💎 in market are hoax. They charged you tonnes of money but when you try to sale it, it always water down price. I would buy gold or silver rather any stones.
10:22 is that a marble desk? This woman is making excuses for why there is so much poverty in the country while sitting at a marble desk? Not a good look for that government.
South Korea has rebuilt the economy from war torn to prosperity in 50 years. This Mozambique government official lady needs to find other explanation why her country is still so poor.
No, it is not 122 kg of rubies as the narrator reported in the documentary, but 1.223 kg reaped in 6 months. from Mozambique and sold in Bangkok. Total 100 million dollars, which is 16000 dollars per carat.
Imagine being in jail for looking for rocks. It’s almost like humanity is running in place.
10:33 Countries damn well can become rich in two generations [50 years]. Seems that government official lacks vision.
Facts of the World Today....
While the Rich gets Richer and the poor gets poorer 🥺
Thanks DW This is a great documentary.
Thanks for watching and for the feedback!
I belive te poverty next to this type of mines are not an accident. In an already distabilized region, it is easy for greed to prevail.
Thailand doesn’t even have a mine yet most of the sale happens there. Fucking maddness! Wtf!
Any company should be responsible for their action, no matter the location. The issue at hand is a company making use of a country that has no proper baseline to control and regulate companies. So, although the company being technically at fault, that's like complaining about stealing in an area where stealing is encourage. It's ridicilous. Unless you fix the baseline you can't expect to fix the problem, one company will just be replaced with another.
To top it all off, if we as humans don't start with stopping to harm each other, we will never reach global equality. That includes the morons pointing fingers while doing jackshit themselves to change the status quo.
They probably didn't even know what rubies were until that mine came along. Instead of bum rushing the place, they should politically and economically organize themselves to get shares in the mine or even a land concession. Until people like them wise up and act like intelligent humans, they will always be at the bottom of any society they inhabit, even their own.
Where is knowledge coming from
Visceral reaction seeing more European owners of African mines. Seems history is repeating itself.
"can the lucrative business change that (poverty)?"
of course no. There ten of thousands of example, you can just point your finger to a random spot on the globe, you will find resource exploitation by big corporation that do not benefit the local at all.
A lot of socialist type countries have the same result. It is not always the
corporation.
@@AQuietNight yes, always the corporations including east and west.
This people should never be arrested. People in Mozambique are trugling, living without a food for days. they have been in this land for too long and no one never came to them even to give them a thing. now that they have descovered rubys, they came and private them to make use of their onw land. thats the result of bad government. FRELIMO MUST LEAVE THE POWER. WE ARE TIRED
It's never enough. We know that the taxes do not filter down to the people
I own the Machubo/Macandza/Calanga land in Mozambique, my great grand father Folichi Macandza fought three wars and got to own this land, one day with my own money I'll build a school and hospital for people in this community
These precious ruby stones are stained with the blood of innocent people. Not worth buying. Thanks DWTV
That woman offical lack a sense for humanity. A shame for a country!
I am a Mozambican I can tell you the money only goes to the government, this lady is telling lies, she is also corrupted…it breaks my heart to see this.
All those resources and your country still in poverty that's a clean sign of corruption.
One side: Red gold Ruby
Another side : Proverty.
The greed of man, what an ugly thing we people have become, over some red rocks, when you die those rocks are nothing and are valueless, they make man made rubies just as beautiful as the real ones and 1/10th the price .
This is I humane. The people should be compensated. Problem is people are never a priority.
One wonder how come minerals of Mozambique belongs to the mine that's foreign owned 🤔🤔
This dude is so healthy and comparisons to everybody else line straight to his teeth
Sadly, a country can never progress by simply digging things out of the ground and selling them.
And they will never progress as we have disgusting, materialistic greedy, selfish people who rule and control this world and are the puppet master of the one who owns rules and control this world 💎1 John 5:19. The one who pull the strings and work through the ones destroying lives and the earth. They nevertheless are in for a very rude awakening as many will choke on their Stolen wealth. Let us see if they can take it with them to their graves🤷🏽♀️Just saying!
The way I see it is that the mining company is legitime, they pay their due taxes. but there is no action taken by the government to reinvest these taxes into the community, a region shouldn't rely on a single type of revenue. they should attract other investors to the region to create other job opportunities in other sectors and fields maybe farming using the wasted of the mine and that will make it more sustainable, or introducing textile companies, honestly it could be anything whatever the sector is, because diversifying is key to prosperity; one day all those rubies will be gone and they will be left with nothing.
I blame it on their government rather on the company.
Problem is when your land being invasion by outsider and try to gain every right by your Gov. corruption without build any roads, schools, etc. Quality of life.
Not sure what folks are expecting when this level of callousness, greed, control, wickedness was foretold to be the marking of the last days…end of time
💎2 Timothy 3:1-5🤷🏽♀️. Read the entire Chapter of 💎Matthew 24; 💎2 Peter 3:3;
💎Jude 17, 18
it's not about becoming rich. she see it differently because she has a job and is comfortable.. use the money to help your people instead of making excuses
What is a foreigner doing here? they have technology and permission for mining....But actually, they grab the precious from that country. Also some people inside helping them such limited money facilities.
0:12 did this guy just say Ruby's are 10k/g lol no. Also it's stupid easy to make Ruby's, amd they're far better quality gemstones. Artificial Ruby's are superior.