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The High Court in Bulawayo has granted an order for the restoration of possession at Vubachikwe Gold Mine to its registered leaseholder, following an urgent chamber application, Mining Zimbabwe can report.
By Rudairo Mapuranga
In a hearing before Honourable Justice Ndhlovu on Monday, 2 February 2026, the court ordered that Mining Lease 16, which incorporates Vubachikwe Mine in Gwanda, be restored to Forbes & Thompson (Bulawayo) (Private) Limited.
The order, issued by consent, directs respondents Moses Langa, Aldonia Gondo, Madodana Sibanda, Taison Mutengeni, Takeson Moyo, and Alot Ndlovu to vacate the mining location. The Minister of Mines and Mining Development was listed as the seventh respondent in the court papers. The Sheriff of the High Court, with the assistance of the Zimbabwe Republic Police, was authorised to implement the order if necessary.
The court granted a spoliation order, a legal remedy used to restore possession to a party that has been dispossessed without due legal process. The matter was resolved through the established judicial system, demonstrating the availability of legal channels for resolving commercial disputes in the mining sector.
Vubachikwe Mine is an established underground gold operation in the Gwanda Greenstone Belt. It is held under Mining Lease 16 by Forbes & Thompson, a subsidiary of Duration Gold Zimbabwe.
The court’s ruling affirms the principle that commercial disputes within the mining sector are subject to and resolved by Zimbabwe’s legal system.
