Last December, Yamin announced he would do business with Zimbabwe's corrupt military and mining elite in the Marange diamond fields, well known as the source of the country's tragic Resource Curse, including several hundred murders of resident informal-sector diggers by the army in 2008.
Ngenyanga kaZibandlela ngonyaka odlule, uYamin wamemezela ukuthi uzohwebelana nabombutho wempi onenkohlakalo waseZimbabwe kanye nongxiwankulu bezokumbiwa phansi endaweni yaseMarange lapho kumbiwa wakho idayimane, eyaziwa kakhulu nnjengesizinda esinobuhlungu ezweni lonke laseZimbabwe njengesinesiqalekiso kwezokumbiwa phansi, okumbandakanya ukubulwa kwezakhamizi ezingamakhulu ambalwa ezizimele ezazimba ngokungabhalisiwe, zibulawa ngabombutho wempi ngonyak ka2008.