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illegal gold panners

Gold panner who fatally stabbed wife 27 times challenges sentence

Mar 24, 2021 29,274

An illegal gold panner who was in 2018 sentenced to death for fatally stabbing his wife 27 times following a row…

Feb 21, 2021 18,267

Residents of Queens Park East in Bulawayo have expressed concern over the emergence of omakorokoza panning for gold…

Oct 31, 2020 9,366

A group of machete-wielding gold panners have reportedly re-invaded Waterwitch Mine in Bubi district, Matabeleland…

Aug 17, 2020 33,726

It is a chilly Friday evening and birds perch on miombo woodland that form a thicket around Globe and Phoenix mine,…

Jul 29, 2020 36,525

Mbembesi villagers are living in constant fear of violent illegal gold panners, popularly known as MaShurugwi, who…

Jul 21, 2020 18,447

Two illegal gold panners died after mine shafts they were working in collapsed in two separate incidents that…

May 17, 2020 25,942

PENHALONGA – A youthful illegal panner recently drowned in a slime dam after attempting to flee a police raid. …

Jan 22, 2020 36,627

Police in Matabeleland South province have arrested 60 illegal gold panners during a raid at Vova mining site in…

Dec 5, 2019 17,292

A Bulawayo businessman who operates a farm and mine in Inyathi in Matabeleland North province allegedly shot two…

Apr 16, 2019 82,297

Gold panners in Bindura's Chipadze area have killed two soldiers following violent clashes there on Tuesday…