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TWO police officers Friday appeared before a Western Commonage Magistrate facing charges of stealing US$23 000 from a Bulawayo miner.Joseph Marirangombe (29) and Tafadzwa Sibanda (31) appeared before Magistrate Gladmore Mushowe facing theft charges.Marirangombe is stationed...

ILLEGAL gold miners in Chimanimani district are using prohibited lethal chemicals such as mercury in search of the precious mineral resulting in local water sources being contaminated and putting the lives of villagers, livestock, and flora...

Musukuma, a former Zanu PF director of information, through his company Minerals Identity (Private) Limited made an urgent chamber application compelling the courts to grant him a spoliation order to proceed with operations on the disputed...

A Bulawayo miner lost US$23 000 to three unidentified bogus anti-corruption commission officers early this month. According to the Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) official Twitter handle, the victim was duped by the three unknown men who presented...

Mounds of black chrome shimmer along the highway that runs through this area, as mine workers labour near heavy machinery marked with Chinese writing.The workers toil about 5 kilometers (3 miles) from the road, at a...

Two local women who were allegedly shot by police in the coal mining town are battling for their lives in hospital with one of them transferred to a private facility in Bulawayo due to the seriousness...

An illegal artisanal miner from Redcliff died after he was severely beaten by a gang of machete-wielding gold panners who are believed to have been working with a mine owner in Banacort, Redcliff resettlement areas.It has...

TWO illegal gold panners died after a shaft they were working in collapsed and buried them at a mine in West Nicholson. Matabeleland South provincial police spokesperson Chief Inspector Philisani Ndebele confirmed the incident which occurred on...

ILLEGAL gold panners continue to wreak havoc along the banks of Bulawayo’s major supply dams, targeting mostly decommissioned ones such as Upper Ncema Dam in Esigodini, and in the process threatening Bulawayo’s water supplies.In June, nine...

THE Zimbabwe Energy Regulatory Authority (Zera) has warned service stations not using their own offshore funds against charging fuel in forex only.Zera said it is illegal for service stations that buy fuel using local currency to...

 The alleged syndicate involved two Zimbabweans Isaac Nhamo and Shadreck Pungurume, two Mozambicans Zacarias Wilstine and Mamodou Boye, and Democratic Republic of Congo national Hassane Kane.A FIVE-MEMBER illegal diamond buying syndicate was recently busted and brought...

City management has warned of a ticking health bomb as rampant artisanal gold mining activities are heavily polluting the municipality’s water source in Mutasa District.Finance director Blessing Chafesuka recently revealed that the quality of water drawn...