Search results: illegal mining

Kwekwe based Sakile Mnangagwa (31) who is a business partner to Gostaff Gomo at Trump -Tower Minerals private has implicated three police officers who were involved in a gold rush at Zhangazha plot, Venice in Kadoma.The...

ENVIRONMENT watchdog, Zimbabwe Environmental Law Association, says school children were now increasingly participating in artisanal gold mining activities owing to inactivity and rising poverty levels worsened by a prolonged Covid-19 lockdown.Speaking to this publication on Tuesday, the...

MP charged for prospection without a license MP Charged for criminal abuse of office Remanded to January 21 Accused MP in contravention of the Mines and Minerals ActChegutu Member of Parliament and Zanu PF legislator...

The level of financial losses that Africa continues to experience due to illegal activities and dealings in the mining sector is undermining sustainable development in the continent, Trust Africa Programmes Director Briggs Bomba has said.Speaking at...

GOVERNMENT has said mining activities at Peace Mine in Silobela are illegal because the mine has been closed for safety reasons.Midlands provincial mining director, Mr Nelson Munyanduri said as far as his department was concerned, the...

The Ministry of Mines and Mining Development has, with immediate effect, suspended all mining and associated activities at Botha Mine and the bordering area of Freda Rebecca Gold Mine's Lease 21 (Phoenix Prince) in Bindura, citing...

Police in Zimbabwe have arrested a foreign national in connection with an alleged US$1.5 million mining investment fraud, as authorities intensify efforts to curb financial crimes and illegal mineral activities in the sector. According to a press...

In a move to protect Zimbabwe’s endangered water bodies, Cabinet has received and approved a progress report on the nationwide ban on alluvial mining, signalling a shift from enforcement to active rehabilitation, Mining Zimbabwe can report. By...

Police in Nkayi have arrested two security guards, Mbekezele Ngwabi, 52, and Elisha Matsvai, 45, in connection with a murder and attempted murder incident that occurred on November 30, 2025, at DGL5 Mine in Inyathi. The...

The Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) has issued a strong warning to individuals and institutions found in possession of gold without the required permits or licences, stating that violators will be arrested and prosecuted in line with...

An 18-year-old man from Mutasa has been sentenced to two years behind bars, becoming the latest individual to feel the "full wrath of the law" in a renewed clampdown on illegal mining within Zimbabwe's restricted Chiadzwa...

The Air Force of Zimbabwe (AFZ) has launched a robust legal and public relations offensive, vehemently dismissing allegations of illegal land grabbing linked to its commercial operations at a mining site in Mt Darwin, Mining Zimbabwe...