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National Railways of Zimbabwe (NRZ) infrastructure is under threat from illegal miners in some parts of the country who are collecting rail ballast for crushing as potential gold ore.
A mine manager was attacked and killed on Wednesday night in Saruwe area, Mashonaland West, and the entire night shift of the mine has vanished with 20 tonnes of gold ore and a quantity of explosives.
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.
Hundreds of Zanu PF youths recently invaded a Shurugwi gold mine owned by Urayayi Marima and escaped with one tonne of gold ore.
A Penhalonga underground gold ore heist victim whose operations were suspended over the robbery after Ministry of Mines linked it to a boundary dispute has filed more charges against his rival miner for continuing to work despite the suspension.
A gang of 12 men has been arrested for stealing six tonnes of gold ore valued at US$6 153 from a mine at Maphisa in Matobo District.
Six suspected armed robbers raided a mine in Kadoma last Monday night and got away with 500kg of gold ore, which they loaded into an ox-drawn cart after attacking two security guards manning the premises.
Two machete gang members have been arrested for allegedly attacking two mine workers in Gwanda and fleeing with 460 kilogrammes of gold ore and three cellphones.
A security guard from Kwekwe has been sentenced to 24 months in prison for fatally shooting a suspected gold ore thief once in the head with a Vanguard rifle.
BULAWAYO High Court judge, Justice Martin Makonese, has sentenced a gold panner to 18 years in prison for stabbing his cousin twice on the chest with a knife in a fight over gold ore at Arizona 74 Mine, Matobo in Gweru.