blood diamonds

These are bad blood diamonds, Mutare's Manica Post newspaper says.

An abnormally high number of gwejas (dealers) and gwejarine (female dealers) have been killed in car crashes. When a gweja died (this was before Operation No Return) the whole of Mutare came to a standstill as the surviving gwejas plus the odd ruling ZANU-PF party official drove slowly round the city centre in their Pajeros and Hummers, tail-lights flashing in a final ghoulish lap of honour.

The Manica Post says the stones are cursed.

Of course, it might just be that the gwejas (most of whom were previously economically-marginalised) simply bought their driving licences and never actually learnt how to drive.