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THE increase in illegal gold mining activities is becoming a threat to the country’s infrastructure and environment that could affect the socio-economic development.Land degradation is said to have increased during the national lockdown period as little...

 The two Mozambicans — Zacarias Wilstine and Mamodou Boye, and their Congolese counterpart Hassane Kane — were remanded to September 14 when they briefly appeared before Mutare magistrate Prisca Manhibi.THE three foreigners detained in Mutare last...

ILLEGAL brick moulders are wreaking havoc in Hwange Town where they are mining clay soil causing serious land degradation.The activity has been going on for some years and reportedly escalated as many residents have resorted to...

A police officer attached to the CID Minerals Flora and Fauna Unit was on Wednesday trapped to death when the ground he was standing on carved and gave in at Magobo illegal mining site in Shamva.Police...

Boterekwa road which is an international passage for trade and tourism has collapsed on Friday leaving transporters at great risk since they are now using one way this has been caused by the illegal gold panners.Langton...

Fidelity Printers and Refiners agent bank, ZB Bank has castigated as impostors some illicit foreign currency dealers who are claiming to be buying foreign currency on behalf of the bank.In a press statement released Thursday afternoon,...

Ten police officers have been arrested for allegedly prospecting for gold without a license at David Whitehead Textiles effluent ponds in contravention of the Mines and Minerals Act.David Whitehead Textiles effluent ponds were invaded by illegal...

At least 100 illegal gold miners in South Africa are hiding underground, too scared to surface with police on patrol to enforce the coronavirus lockdown, according to industry sources.Many illegal miners, known as Zama-Zamas - a...

At least 11 illegal miners in northern Mozambique’s Montepuez ruby mine died following a series of tunnel collapses over three days.The mine is 75% owned by the UK-based natural resources firm Gemfields.According to Gemfields, approximately 800...

Police have arrested 240 illegal gold miners in Hwedza in a move to eliminate machete gangs and illegal gold miners under their recently launched operation code-named ‘Zero Tolerance to Machete Wilding Gangs and Chikorokoza’.In a statement...

RAMPANT illegal gold mining activities in timber plantations in Chimanimani is still going unabated with artisanal miners leaving a trail of destruction in both the commercial forest areas as well as the environment, The Manica Post...

The National Council of Chiefs President Chief Fortune Charumbira has blamed the chaotic situation in the artisanal mining sector on some officials in the Ministry of Mines and Mining Development, who corruptly facilitate the haphazard issuance...