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GOVERNMENT has set aside $8,5 billion to support electricity generation and imports this year as part of efforts to improve power supply and ease load shedding.A further $500 million will be injected into the economy in...

MACHETE gangs, otherwise known as MaShurugwi, have reportedly gone underground following a nationwide police blitz which has seen nearly 2 000 illegal gold miners caged for terrorising communities in gold-rich parts of the country.A source close...

Zimbabweans love generalising and stereotyping.  I guess, in a way, this makes things easy to understand.In any case, who needs to grapple with deeper and nuanced analysis when they have to contend with a myriad of...

Machete fight almost breaks out at a mine with hundreds of illegal miners in Zimbabwe.See video below:https://youtu.be/wvzTr7Cg4kk

Police at Makosa in Mutoko have arrested seven illegal miners on allegations of masquerading as police officers and members of the Zimbabwe National Army.They were arrested after invading Ngororombe Mine.Police recovered three pairs of handcuffs and...

The ZRP says it has intensified the maintenance of law & order at the Jumbo area in Mazowe. A team of senior officers visited the area on progress check this afternoon. Members of the public are...

Amid socio-economic malaise facing Zimbabwe, mining is the only remaining silver lining.The sector underpins the country’s socio-economic growth prospects. Gold which is expected to contribute US$4 billion, a third of the anticipated US$12 billion earnings from mining...

THREE men from Bulawayo have been arrested after they were allegedly caught prospecting for gold along Umguza River.Simion Mudenda (32) of Cowdray Park suburb was in the company of Ferdinand (36) and Muzomuhle Wabayi (27) both...

In an attempt to disarm a security guard, a 27-year-old machete-wielding criminal believed to belong to a popular group called the team Barca was shot dead at Good hope mine in Kadoma, the Zimbabwe Republic Police...

The Police have released a statement outlining that they arrested 907 at Jumbo and Mazoe river for conducting illegal mining.The accused persons are being charged for criminal trespass, illegal possession of gold/gold ore, possession of harmful...

A 19-YEAR-OLD illegal miner died after a mine shaft he was working in collapsed in Maphisa.Matabeleland South provincial police spokesperson, Chief Inspector Philisani Ndebele said Ntandoyenkosi Ncube from Silawa area in Kezi was working at a...

REDCLIFF MP, Lloyd Mukapiko has hit out at the state security apparatus for indiscriminately attacking civilians in desperate attempts to contain the menace posed by machete-wielding gangs in his constituency.This comes after the state has deployed...