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Zimbabwe Deputy-President Constantino Chiwenga has warned machete-wielding artisanal miners who are terrorising communities and other miners that they will face the full wrath of the law.Addressing a handful of people at the International Day of Co-operatives...

THE Africa University (AU) has raised concerns over gold panning activities around the institution amid fears that the tunnels extending beneath the university, could cause structural damage to infrastructure.This was revealed by Mutasa South MP Regai...

Bulawayo based gold buyer lost $US 4000 and more than R12 000 after being robbed and shot on both legs by a six-man gang armed with an AK rifle.According to GreatDyke news Mr. Brian Gavanga was...

An employee of a registered Bulawayo gold buyer cheated death after a six-man gang armed with an AK rifle shot him on both legs and got away with US$4 000 and more than R12 000. Mr  Brian Gavanga...

THE Midlands Provincial Joint Operations Command (JOC) has been tasked with effectively dealing with the “maShurugwi” menace in order to bring sanity to artisanal mining in the province.In an interview yesterday, the Minister of State for...

Shots were fired yesterday at Jumbo, Metalon Mine which is now a hotspot for artisanal miners looking for a quick buck.Our source said they were digging for gold and could not hide their happiness and some...

NOTORIOUS fortune seekers, mostly gold panners, have announced themselves on Harare’s door step.The illegal miners have set up camp at Kintyre Estates, where they are tearing into a mountain supporting the walls of Lake Chivero.As a...

There was a near-death experience for illegal miners at Jumbo mine in Mazowe yesterday after a gang of six machete-wielding thugs, known as Mashurugwi threatened to go on a rampage before being whisked away by the police.The police...

The call by Zimbabwe Miners Federation (ZMF) and Norton Miners Association to accredit small scale and artisanal miners, the initiative which was pioneered in Norton and is expected to soon spread to other Associations in the...

The menace caused by gangs of machete-wielding criminals infamously known as “MaShurugwi” took centre-stage at a high-level government meeting amid concerns that the miners were terrorising villagers, it has been learnt.Artisanal mining was decriminalised a few...

The ranger, William Kamanga (35) is battling for life at Mutambara Mission Hospital in Chimanimani East after the illegal panners hit him on the head with a machete as they were wrestling with him.The incident happened...

Machete-wielding "miners" popularly known as Mashurugwi, who started off as artisanal miners later transforming into criminal masterminds have become a formidable force in Zimbabwe and their existence is becoming an imminent threat to national security if...