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Great Zimbabwe University's Mashava campus has been invaded by illegal miners who are alleged to be patrolling at night with machetes , also alleged to be panning gold at the campus' residential areas.Rudairo  MapurangaAccording to a...

The Zimbabwe Energy Regulatory Authority (Zera) has expressed concern at the mushrooming of roadside and backyard Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LP gas) filling posts, saying they should be regularised to avoid mishaps.This comes amid a surge in...

Zimbabwe's largest inland man-made dam, Lake Chivero is under siege from artisanal miners who are threatening the survival of one of the largest tourist attraction centres in Harare, Zimbabwe.By Rudairo MapurangaThe city of Harare has laid...

SOUTH AFRICA - A new report on illegal mining suggests that South Africa is losing upwards of R14 billion a year to the illicit gold trade. This is substantially more than previous estimates of about R7...

 A post-mortem report released by government pathologists last week showed that three bullets were plucked out from his body. A SOMBRE atmosphere engulfed Jori village in Buhera on Sunday during the burial of Terrence Masendeke, who was...

In an attempt to clean the area off illegal miners, the police in Mazoe harrassed Mahachi farmworkers with some accusing the Police of looting food from their houses in the process.By D.R MapurangaThe farm manager called...

Nine illegal miners lost their lives at the Metalon Corporation owned Mazoe Mine on the 26th of May.Metalon Corporation issued out a statement below regarding the incident."Metallon Corporation regrets to advise that on Sunday 26th May...

THE Ministry of Mines and Mining Development is conducting gold mobilisation workshops across the country in a bid to encourage formal mineral deliveries and eliminate illegal deals.The ministry’s director for value addition and beneficiation, Dr Mercy...

An alleged illegal miner had both his legs amputated by a digger in the City Deep area of Johannesburg on Sunday morning, paramedics said.“The 35-year-old man apparently fell unseen into the hole they were digging with...

MINERS who had been illegally carrying out operations at Peace Mine in Silobela were on Tuesday evicted from the mine by the Sheriff of the High Court with the assistance of the police who have since...

Tanzania has ordered all mineral-producing regions in the East African nation to set up government-controlled trading centres by the end of June, accelerating efforts to curb illegal exports of gold and other precious minerals.The trading centres...

GOVERNMENT has said mining activities at Peace Mine in Silobela are illegal because the mine has been closed for safety reasons.Midlands provincial mining director, Mr Nelson Munyanduri said as far as his department was concerned, the...