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The famed Mashurugwi are said to have killed eight people in Glendale two months ago and now residents are protesting against the police’s failure to take appropriate action.Rudairo MapurangaYesterday, the Minister of Energy and Power Development,...

Bindura Town Council has refuted the social media claims that the town's water tanks and reserves were poisoned by illegal miners popularly known as Mashurugwi, Mining Zimbabwe has learnt.Rudairo MapurangaSpeaking to Mining Zimbabwe Bindura town council...

The spokesperson of Zimbabwe Miners Federation Dosman Mangisi has differentiated small scale miners from the machete wielding miners popularly known as "Mashurugwi" whom he labeled as robbers who masquerade as miners.Rudairo MapurangaAccording to Mangisi, labelling all...

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 artisanal and small scale mining industry is on an upward trajectory in Zimbabwe and is estimated to be supporting over 1,5 million Zimbabweans. As a fairly new industry, it is faced with a myriad of...

A Filabusi woman was allegedly rapped in an abandoned mine which was about five metres deep by a gang of five suspected machete miners (Mashurugwi). Kennedy Wonder Ndlovu (23) of Marumba B Village in Filabusi was not...

GWANDA residents have called for heavy police presence as some gold panners operating in the area have been terrorising members of the public.Speaking recently during a Gwanda Local Peace Committee (LPC) meeting, Ward Five councillor, Mr...

The myths surrounding the African mining sector raises a lot of debates and arguments which at times would lead to conflicts between people of different religious backgrounds . recently Norton miners held a Bira with traditional...

A GANG of four machete-wielding robbers broke into the house of an Esigodini gold dealer and robbed him of R6 850, $4 700, US$10, shoes and two cell phones. Matabeleland South provincial police spokesperson, Chief Inspector Philisani...

Speaking at the Environmental Impact Assessment launch held in Kadoma last week, Kadoma West house of assembly Constituency member Hon A Nkayi said Machetes miners notorious for terrorising communities have declined in number and popularity in...

A GWANDA-based police officer allegedly teamed up with eight accomplices to attack a group of artisanal miners and rob them of one tonne of gold ore.Ray Moyo (30), who is based at the ZRP Matabeleland South...

OFFICIAL HIV/AIDS interventions need not target male gold artisanal miners alone because their female counterparts can also turn into "sex predators", the National Aids Council has heard. During a tour of the Midlands's artisanal mining flashpoints including...