Gwanda- Hundreds of people torched property belonging to Vubachikwe Gold Mine in Gwanda and looted shops after Police fired teargas on women protesting a three-month backlog in the payment of their husbands’ salaries.
The incident happened on Tuesday and efforts to get a Police comment were futile.
The women said they had gathered around dawn, shutting down mine operations to demand that their husbands be paid their outstanding three months salaries.
“We are here because our husbands have not been paid for the past three months, life has been difficult and our children are being turned away from school over non payment of fees,” said a distraught Thembinkosi Nkomo.
The women had held hostage the mine manager None Kananji for over six hours as he sat in his car protected by armed riot police officers.
Gwanda District police boss Mandlenkosi Moyo arrived around 5pm and advised the women they had gathered illegally and ordered them to disperse.
However the women remained defiant and police then randomly fired teargas at them which angered their husbands and crowds that stoodby who retailiated by throwing stones at the police.
“The police have been bribed by the mine manager how can they use teargas on babies, they can kill us but we want our money” said one woman with a baby clung on her back.
Kananji could not be reached for comment as his mobile continuously went unanswered.
Police have reportedly returned to Vubachikwe this morning were they are reportedly going door by door arresting suspects.
Baryt kazikhale
This culture of looting has gone northward…zims are copycats for real
ZEC you are next we are going to do the same if you keep supporting zanu pf shenanigans
Its a good move , they are brave
Brave women indeed ,
Maidawo vaite sei kana ndimiwo 3 months no salary, it only means kut haichatobude zve mari yacho
Pamberi nemadzimai mukuziwa kwairi zvenyu
Good deed indeed. Mbokodo✊
Good move abashwe
Who owns that mine?
We need less men and more of those women in Zimbabwe, I’m sure they can hold the main culprit hostage till things get better in the country
Who was torched here, kkkkk 3mnths vs 6hrs
Ndosaka vanenge vozoemployer mashona mabvakure
Ru Do kubva kure kupi
Bornface MuchemwaBornface Muchemwa far from gwanda
Ru Do umm ambuya ndikunyara nezvamataura kana ndakatarisa Pic renyu zvamunge munhu musvinu wani
Andrew S Dube ndonyaya inonetsera mandex inga. Vanoti why bring shona teachers from very far muchisiya mandevere. Mushona kuti aite gather an uprising zvotonetsa nenyaya yelanguage. Ibalancing action inotoitwa negovernment.
Ru DoRu Do umm vanodaro zvoreva kuti vanoremerwa nefungwa
Ru Do mashona imbavha papindwa nemushona munotosara muchichema chete….
Good
Ayibhadale I mine
The time is nigh watch out
About time people claim their dignity
Good vajaira
People are sick and tired of being treated like dirt in their own land enough is enough 👐
Anojairira vanhu bhangu uyo,anotoda 🔪🔫🔨 kumupaza dzoro bhangu iroro
Women are brave
Fixing our country,big up zimbokodo
Better than some Men who spend their tyme on SM bootlicking other Men,
Well.done ladies😂
Strong women
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