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Filabusi gold discovery: New town emerges
"BEKEZELA" is IsiNdebele word for patience, and for residents of a suburb that bears the same name in Filabusi in Insiza District, Matebeleland South, development has been a long way, coming for the n...Published: 10 Jul 2023 at 07:10hrs | 19 | by Staff reporter
'Govt to regulate omakorokoza'
GOVERNMENT has decided to formalise artisanal mining to regulate its activities and plug leakages costing the country millions of dollars in revenue, Mines minister Winston Chitando has indicated....Published: 22 Nov 2022 at 04:55hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chinese man attacked, killed in Zimbabwe
A 60-year-old Chinese man who was working at a mine in Inyathi under Bubi district, Matabeleland North province died at Materdei hospital after he was robbed and severely attacked at the mine....Published: 10 Sep 2022 at 06:19hrs | 19 | by Staff reporter
Omakorokoza turn Sharona Park into no-go area
SHARONA Park situated north-east of Meadowlands, and north-west of Heany Junction Farm, on the outskirts of Bulawayo, has been turned into a "no-go area" by over hundred machete-brandishing illegal go...Published: 17 Jun 2022 at 08:52hrs | | by Staff reporter
Dreams made and dreams shattered at West Nicholson's 'Entabeni yegolide'
"Intaba yeWest" or "Entabeni yegolide", the soaring mountain with impervious vegetation along the Gwanda-Beitbridge highway in West Nicholson is not for the faint hearted.From afar, the mounta...Published: 19 Feb 2022 at 18:33hrs | | by Staff reporter
Govt to clear EPOs backlog next month
GOVERNMENT has pledged to clear all Exclusive Prospecting Orders (EPOs) before the end of September following concerns by Parliament over slow processing of mineral claim applications. The EPO...Published: 27 Aug 2021 at 06:28hrs | | by Staff reporter
Omakorokoza derail NRZ
GOLD panners are costing the National Railways of Zimbabwe (NRZ) millions of dollars annually through vandalism of railway infrastructure by mining along railway lines across the country.Illeg...Published: 27 May 2021 at 07:10hrs | | by Staff reporter
Villagers injured in gold rush mayhem
HORDES of villagers and gold panners were injured when omakorokoza from various parts of the country went on a rampage at a gold mine along the Gwayi River, Nyamandlovu in Matabeleland North Province....Published: 12 May 2021 at 14:04hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
Gold panners invade Bulawayo suburb
RESIDENTS of Queens Park East in Bulawayo have expressed concern over the emergence of omakorokoza panning for gold on the suburbs' outskirts, saying their presence is a threat to the peace and social...Published: 21 Feb 2021 at 06:58hrs | | by Staff reporter
Prophet Magaya now a makorokoza in West Nicholson?
SCORES of small-scale gold miners in West Nicholson, just after Gwanda town, were pleasantly surprised to get a visit from a man they least expected to take an interest in their line of work - gold mi...Published: 05 Feb 2021 at 17:47hrs | 13 | by Staff reporter
Funds missing at Mzingwane High
MZINGWANE High School in Esigodini is in the eye of a storm after foreign currency incentives mobilised by parents for teachers late last year failed to reach the intended beneficiaries with parents t...Published: 10 Jan 2021 at 07:50hrs | | by Staff reporter
Sex panners invade mines
After finding the going tough in the city, sex workers have devised a new way of survival as they have invaded mining areas in a bid to eke out a living as some of them were now failing to pay rent an...Published: 29 Aug 2020 at 16:43hrs | | by Staff reporter
Gold panners fuel child prostitution
GOLD panners in Silobela, Midlands Province are allegedly fuelling child prostitution by targeting school-going children, teenage sex workers and child-headed families.This emerged at a meetin...Published: 14 May 2017 at 14:58hrs | | by Staff reporter
17 cops arrested over illegal gold mining
SEVENTEEN police officers from Inyathi and Nkayi have been arrested and charged with abuse of office in connection with illegal gold mining activities in Bubi District.The Police Act prohi...Published: 28 Jan 2017 at 08:33hrs | | by Staff reporter
200 cops to stop Inyathi violence
FIVE gold panners who were part of a group of 30 men rounded up by police for wreaking havoc in Inyathi have been jailed for two years as a local chief said 200 police officers had been deployed i...Published: 24 Jan 2017 at 05:37hrs | | by Staff reporter
Twenty arrested over Inyathi bloody tribal clashes
ABOUT 20 gold panners have been arrested in Inyathi following violent clashes involving rival gangs.Clashes at Senco Night Club, Mahamba Business Centre at about 11PM on Saturday saw some patr...Published: 20 Jan 2017 at 05:35hrs | | by Staff reporter
Fuel truck stuck at level cross, hit by train - WhatsApp update
10:44am, 28 Jun - +263 71 ▩▩▩ ▩▩▩▩: Fuel truck got stuck on level cross, along Deka road n was hit by train...Published: 28 Jun 2014 at 15:44hrs | | by Concerned Citizen
Omakorokoza continue to wreck havoc
ILLEGAL gold mining activities next to Bulawayo's supply dams, are causing massive environment pollution and consequently costing the local authority a lot of money in purifying water, a senior counc...Published: 29 Jan 2014 at 14:13hrs | 1 | by Lesley Moyo
Gold rush in Matabeleland South
HUNDREDS of villagers in Mphoengs in Mangwe district, Matabeleland South have been thrown a lifeline following reported massive discoveries of gold deposits in the area.Villagers who spoke to ...Published: 19 Jan 2013 at 10:37hrs | | by Staff reporter
Omakorokoza flee census enumerators in Gwanda
Omakorokoza aka Otsheketsha aka illegal gold panners operating in Matabeleland South's Gwanda District are reportedly running away from census enumerators in fear that they might be in the compan...Published: 23 Aug 2012 at 01:53hrs | | by Staff reporter
Gold panners (omakorokoza) to be legalised
GOLD panning may soon be legalised as the Ministry of Mines and Mining Development is exploring ways to amend the Mining Act.Addressing thousands of people who had gathered to witness the lau...Published: 21 May 2012 at 05:30hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
Silalatshani Irrigation Scheme lifeline for Insiza, Filabusi
INSIZA South constituency in Matabeleland South boasts of the largest and most successful irrigation scheme in the province, Silalabuhwa, which stretches over many kilometres.The irrigation...Published: 13 Jan 2012 at 23:22hrs | 3 | by Yoliswa Dube
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