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ABOUT 9 000 illegal gold miners have been arrested in a police blitz against gold panning across the country.In a statement, national police spokesperson Assistant Commissioner Paul Nyathi expressed concern that the panners kept trekking back...

The Zimbabwe Republic Police says a cumulative 27 220 people have been arrested in connection with illegal mining activities across the country since Operation Chikorokoza Ngachipere was launched two years ago.ZRP launched the operation to end...

GOLD panners have unleashed a reign of terror in Malungwane Village in Umzingwane District, Matabeleland South attacking villagers with axes, machetes and knobkerries.The development has seen the community members sleeping in maize fields fearing being attacked...

Mines and Mining Development Minister Honourable Winston Chitando said mining without an Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) report is illegal.By Shantel T ChisangoAddressing members of the Zimbabwe Miners Federation (ZMF) at the Rainbow Towers last week, Chitando...

AN illegal gold panner from West Nicholson in Gwanda allegedly fatally stabbed his colleague for mocking him for ditching his wife and cohabiting with a sex worker.Linos Nsingo (30) and the late Mr Cabanga Ncube were...

RESIDENTS of Queens Park East in Bulawayo have expressed concern over the emergence of omakorokoza panning for gold on the suburbs’ outskirts, saying their presence is a threat to the peace and social fabric in the...

Five illegal miners were today trapped in an old working shaft at the Kuvimba owned Elvington mine in Chegutu this morning.Chegutu Miners Association Chairman Mr. Innocent Nicks confirmed the development and said one person was rescued...

Zimbabwe Miners Federation (ZMF) President Ms Henrietta Rushwaya through her lawyers D Mthombeni legal practitioners has advised ZMF to cancel the illegal meeting which is scheduled for tuesday 24th of November 2020 at 11 am in...

Impoverished Zimbabwean teachers have resorted to “Chikorokoza” as they try to make ends meet, a body representing them has claimed.Zimbabwe Teachers Association Bulawayo chair, Wilson Mangena, shocked delegates attending an education indaba organised by Women of Zimbabwe...

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...

POLICE have arrested 21 illegal gold panners who had invaded the pristine mountains of the Chimanimani National Park in Manicaland province.The mountains are located along the Zimbabwe/Mozambique border.Police national spokesperson Assistant Commissioner Paul Nyathi confirmed 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...