Zanu-PF bigwig evicted from mine

Midkwe Minerals has been evicted from Chaka plant and Gold Mine where it was locked in an ownership wrangle with Kwekwe Consolidated Gold Mines over the past four years.

Midkwe Minerals, which is fronted by Buhera North MP William Mutomba and Smelly Dube approached the High Court through an urgent application on July 27 in a bid to challenge the Supreme Court ruling.

Midkwe Minerals was evicted after the Supreme Court ruled that the company had no claim to the mining area.
 
Bulawayo High Court Judge justice Nokuthula Moyo dismissed the appeal with costs on August 7 after lawyers representing Dube and Midkwe Minerals defaulted court.