Illegal miners invade Eldorado Mine
Two of the 16 illegal gold miners who pounced on Eldorado Gold Mine on the outskirts of Chinhoyi last Friday morning have been arrested.
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Two of the 16 illegal gold miners who pounced on Eldorado Gold Mine on the outskirts of Chinhoyi last Friday morning have been arrested.
A dark cloud descended on Manicaland last week following revelations that several illegal gold panners who ply their trade at Premier Estate along Mutare River had been buried alive during a reclamation exercise by a private mining company — Zimgold Fields.
Police have arrested 240 illegal gold miners in Hwedza in a move to eliminate machete gangs and illegal gold miners under their recently launched operation code named ‘Zero Tolerance to Machete Wilding Gangs and Chikorokoza’.
Three Zanu PF legislators in Mashonaland Central province have been accused of stifling the police’s crackdown on illegal gold miners and machete gangs.
Machete gangs, otherwise known as MaShurugwi, have reportedly gone underground following a nationwide police blitz which has seen nearly 2 000 illegal gold miners caged for terrorising communities in gold-rich parts of the country.
Fifty machete-wielding gold panners on Tuesday invaded a Gokwe North police base intending to free their arrested colleagues, leading to a bloody confrontation with the law enforcement agents.
Four Form Two boys from Sikhulile High School in Lobengula West suburb reportedly ran away from their respective homes telling friends and classmates that they were travelling to Filabusi to join illegal gold miners, commonly known as omakorokoza.
Eight illegal gold miners died while one sustained serious injuries and two escaped unhurt on Sunday evening when an explosive suspected to be a dynamite went off underground at Metallon Gold’s Jumbo Mine in Mazowe.