Two die in mine shaft collapse
Two gold panners died after a mine shaft they were working in collapsed in Colleen Bawn, Matabeleland South province last week.
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Two gold panners died after a mine shaft they were working in collapsed in Colleen Bawn, Matabeleland South province last week.
A 40-member machete-wielding gang of gold panners who allegedly invaded a police base in Gokwe North in an attempt to rescue their colleagues, have been denied bail.
Two men allegedly linked to a gang of gold panners who went on a rampage attacking other miners in an alleged tribal war that resulted in the death of one victim in Inyathi, Bubi district, Matabeleland North have been released on $300 bail each.
A Gwanda-based gold panner is on the run after he allegedly fatally struck his workmate with an axe over an undisclosed issue.
By Raymond Jaravaza
The moment he stuck his head out of the exit point of a disused mine where he had been working for slightly over two days — deep in a shaft, Petros Zhande found himself facing the barrel of a gun.
Gwanda residents have called for heavy police presence as some gold panners operating in the area have been terrorising members of the public.
The head of a gold panner from Bulawayo’s Nkulumane suburb was left hanging by a shred of flesh following a savage attack in a fight over gold in Mphoengs, Plumtree.
Gold panners in Bindura’s Chipadze area have killed two soldiers following violent clashes there on Tuesday morning, army spokesman Lieutenant Colonel Alphios Makotore has confirmed.
An illegal gold panner died after a shaft collapsed on him at the Municipal Gravel site located along Cecil Road in Bulawayo on Friday, police confirmed.
A Gang of eleven miners have been arrested for killing a man in a mine claim conflict in Vhovha, Gwanda.The gang, whose members come from Mberengwa, Masvingo, Gokwe and Gwanda, were armed with logs, machetes, axes and stones when they attacked Ndodana Ncube at Mascot Mine on Monday.