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While their contribution to the national fiscus is undeniable, artisanal mining, although a reserved sector for citizens, has been trapped in a legislative paradox that leaves its practitioners vulnerable and disenfranchised, Mining Zimbabwe can report. By Rudairo...

The recent sentencing of Tafadzwa Matsika, a 45-year-old man from Ruwa, to five years in prison for possessing just 0.096 grams of gold exposes not only the government’s strict enforcement against illegal mining but also systemic...

Fresh evidence from the Ministry of Mines, police dockets, and High Court applications reveals that the Chinese investor recently convicted of a massive gold ore theft is now at the centre of a sophisticated new alleged...

In an effort to ensure Zimbabwe is safeguarded from potential grey-listing by the global Financial Action Task Force (FATF), Artisanal and Small-scale Miners (ASM) have been called upon to become frontline champions of financial compliance and...

In an effort to ensure the government intervenes and holds investors accountable to the country’s laws and regulations, Zimbabwe Miners Federation (ZMF) President Ms. Henrietta Rushwaya has issued a stark warning against foreign investors who are...

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...

The Deputy Director of the Zimbabwe Environmental Law Organisation (ZELO), Shamiso Mtisi, has said investment and sustainable development in the mining sector are inseparable “twins” that must work together for the benefit of the economy, communities,...

Just weeks after Parliament revoked its illegal attempt to tax and regulate miners, the Uzumba Maramba Pfungwe Zvataida Rural District Council (UMP RDC) has engineered a fresh and sophisticated strategy to control the mining sector, embedding...

A miner in Chinhoyi has been fined for failing to renew his firearm license, a case that comes amid a sweeping national police operation targeting illegal weapons and expired certificates, Mining Zimbabwe can report. By Rudairo Mapuranga The...

The government has ordered that perpetrators of illegal riverbed mining bear the full cost of rehabilitating degraded environments, invoking the "Polluter Pays Principle" as the next phase of its nationwide ban on alluvial mining, Mining Zimbabwe...

A journey from Harare to Bulawayo was once a lesson in Zimbabwe’s rich hydrology, a traverse across veins of life that sustained the nation. In 2006, the rivers I crossed were vibrant, flowing entities, their waters...

Barely a week after three Chinese nationals were fined for illegal mining activities in Karoi, two Zimbabwean men have been sentenced to two years in prison each for a similar offence, highlighting a continuing disparity in...