artisanal miners

More than 2000 miners at Sandawana Mine feel betrayed by President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s regime after police chased them away empty handed. Lithium miners at Sandawana were this week, forced to walk away empty handed leaving behind the ore…
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An artisanal miner from Gweru is fighting for his life at Gweru Provincial Hospital after he was allegedly struck with an axe on the head and face by four fellow artisanal miners following a misunderstanding over some missing gold ore.
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A Shurugwi-based artisanal miner had his left leg amputated after rivals brutally axed him in a suspected love triangle.
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The families of four Task Mining Syndicate workers in Chegutu whose bodies are still trapped underground are appealing for financial assistance to pay artisanal miners who have volunteered to carry out the retrieval exercise.
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Bodies of two of the five miners who were trapped after a mine shaft collapsed at Task Mining Syndicate in Chegutu on September 8 have been retrieved by artisanal miners who are continuing to search for the other three bodies.
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Mazowe Satellite Station, Mazowe River and citrus plantations are under threat from the illegal gold mining activities of over 500 artisanal miners.
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One person died while another was severely injured in Inyathi, Bubi district, Matabeleland North when a gang of about 50 gold panners went on a rampage attacking other miners in the area.
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Machetes will be banned in gold mining areas, with those possessing them set to be jailed under a new law being crafted by the Government
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Machetes will be banned in gold-rich areas and those carrying them will be jailed under new laws being crafted by the Government.
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Police have beefed up security in “machete warzones” to end bloodshed among artisanal miners and to reduce other criminal activities.
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