Illegal gold miners
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Gold miner dies after mine shaft collapsed
A 29 year old artisanal miner died on Saturday, while two others sustained injuries, at Gatawa farm in Bindura after…
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12 miners feared dead as gold shaft collapses in Silobela
AT least 12 suspected illegal gold miners have been trapped underground since Saturday night after a shaft collapsed at Peace…
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Govt orders rescue work at collapsed Bindura mine to stop
GOVERNMENT Chief Engineer Michael Munodawafa said rescue operations had stopped at the collapsed Ran Gold mine in Bindura where an…
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Rescuers retrieve one body from collapsed Bindura mine shaft
A TEAM of rescuers on Monday retrieved one body from a disused Bindura gold mine where dozens of informal miners…
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Rescuers struggle to save trapped Bindura miners as shafts flood
BINDURA. — Hope is fading by the day for 40 informal gold miners trapped in a collapsed mine in Bindura…
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Courts and Law
Dexter Nduna, top cops in court for illegal mining
ZANU-PF Member of Parliament Dexter Nduna has been dragged to court for illegal mining. The Chegutu West MP, aged 49,…
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President Mnangagwa must give artisanal miners legal standing
VIOLENCE has spiked in Zimbabwe’s gold mining sector, costing hundreds of people their lives and triggering a police operation that…
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Several illegal gold miners ‘buried alive’ in Mutare
AS MANY as ten (10) illegal miners are believed to have died after having been buried alive at the Chinese-owned…
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Courts and Law
11-member machete gang robs Zhombe miner of US$15,000
A GANG of 11 machete-wielding illegal gold panners allegedly invaded a gold mine in Zhombe in the Midlands and attacked…
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Illegal miners damaging land: EMA
THE Environmental Management Agency (Ema) has warned registered miners against hiring out their machinery to illegal miners. The agency said…
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