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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.Matabeleland South acting provincial police spokesperson Inspecto...Published: 29 Mar 2020 at 07:41hrs | 288 | by Staff reporter
Govt must address economic situation to stop illegal cross border - Mcijo
Former Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions Western Region Regional Officer Percy Mcijo has urged the government to address the economic situation in the country so as to curb the problem of illegal migr...Published: 27 Mar 2020 at 10:15hrs | 1595 | by Stephen Jakes
Chief Gwesela distressed over Coronavirus
Zhombe chief Ntabazinduna Wait Gwesela expressed his distress over coronavirus speaking from his homestead in Zhombe today.Gwesela highlighted how unprepared he is to curb the virus not to aff...Published: 25 Mar 2020 at 18:59hrs | 1313 | by Tarisai Mudahondo
Bogus cops extort panners
POLICE in Wedza, Mashonaland East province, have arrested two bogus cops who camped at Wedza Mountain and extorted from miners claiming it was protection fee.Nomatter Nhambirwa (23) and Belove...Published: 25 Mar 2020 at 15:10hrs | 193 | by Staff reporter
Machete gangsters go underground
Hundreds of militias in the gold mining sector who were responsible for waves of terror nationwide have significantly retreated after a recent police clampdown.The militias were notorious for ...Published: 23 Mar 2020 at 05:41hrs | 834 | by Staff reporter
Sweeping arrests for Mashurugwi
In one of the biggest swoops on potential criminals in recent years, Government using Support Unit brought in from Buchwa Mberengwa, Bulawayo and Harare arrested more than 1 000 illegal gold panners f...Published: 17 Mar 2020 at 13:25hrs | 1761 | by Staff reporter
Police, Zanu-PF clash over gold claims
Zanu-PF was last week forced to dispatch a high-powered delegation on a fact-finding mission to Mudzi district after illegal miners, who are its members, were driven out of gold-rich Makaha area under...Published: 17 Mar 2020 at 06:40hrs | 420 | by Staff reporter
Anti-machete blitz nets 4 500 panners
Police have arrested 4 560 people since the launch of an anti-machete blitz in mining communities in January, in an effort to end violent crimes perpetrated by machete gangs and bring sanity to the mi...Published: 05 Mar 2020 at 05:51hrs | 433 | by Staff reporter
Tsvangirai's MDC burns
MDC leader Nelson Chamisa has been warned against betraying his late predecessor Morgan Tsvangirai's legacy, which saw the former prime minister becoming the only person ever to defeat Zimbabwe's late...Published: 03 Mar 2020 at 05:51hrs | 1318 | by Staff reporter
MaShurugwi kill 35, rape 15
AT least 35 people were killed while 15 women were raped in the last 13 months by infamous machete wielding gangs commonly known as MaShurugwi, Home Affairs and Cultural Heritage Deputy Minister Micha...Published: 02 Mar 2020 at 07:25hrs | 1266 | by Staff Reporter
Security minister implicated in machetes violence
OPPOSITION MPs yesterday alleged in Parliament that State Security minister Owen Ncube was the co-ordinator of the machete gangs, popularly known as MaShurugwi.They said this as they grilled H...Published: 25 Feb 2020 at 06:56hrs | 1667 | by Staff reporter
Enjoy your pumpkin leaves relish
Most rural Blair toilets have no roofs, leaving the structures exposed to the elements that can weaken them. A few have curved in posing serious danger to users especially children, the disabled and t...Published: 24 Feb 2020 at 06:18hrs | 151 | by Thomas Tondo Murisa
Illegal mining taints city's water
It is a sunny afternoon, and Margaret Noko's heap of clothes is difficult to ignore. She needs to do the wash."I have to use the water I have stored in containers and refill them," says Noko, ...Published: 23 Feb 2020 at 08:35hrs | 204 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabweans must ignore Chamisa's calls for violence
AS MDC-Alliance leader Mr Nelson Chamisa continues his futile quest to power through the backdoor, just like before, he has announced plans to sponsor violence in the country, a grave route that has n...Published: 23 Feb 2020 at 08:24hrs | 494 | by Staff reporter
Inside Zhombe's mining cartels
CONTRARY to the common perception in which fingers are only being pointed at the machete-carrying illegal gold panners for the chaos and lawlessness that characterises the small-scale gold mining sect...Published: 23 Feb 2020 at 08:18hrs | 444 | by Staff reporter
51 arrested for threatening Bulawayo water supply
POLICE in Matabeleland South have arrested 51 illegal gold panners who were operating at Upper Ncema Dam in Esigodini, threatening Bulawayo's water supplies. Bulawayo City Council yesterday sa...Published: 22 Feb 2020 at 05:34hrs | 867 | by Staff reporter
MDC MPs ignored protocol, says Mudenda
Speaker of the National Assembly, Jacob Mudenda has said members of the Parliamentary Portfolio Committee on Mines ignored protocol when they held an urgent meeting on January 15 this year to discuss ...Published: 20 Feb 2020 at 13:26hrs | 174 | by Staff reporter
Biti sucked in dodgy fuel deal
Mine Oil and Gas Services, which of late has been making futile attempts to build a second pipeline in Zimbabwe was a project meant to bankroll the opposition, official documents have revealed....Published: 15 Feb 2020 at 15:37hrs | 6661 | by Staff reporter
MOGS fuel deal: An MDC project
NEW details are emerging regarding Mine Oil and Gas Services (MOGS), which of late has been making futile attempts to build a second pipeline in Zim...Published: 13 Feb 2020 at 21:51hrs | 2349 | by Paul Ndou
Zanu-PF MPs outed for defending machete gangs
THREE Zanu-PF legislators in Mashonaland Central province have been accused of stifling the police's crackdown on illegal gold miners and machete gangs.The countrywide police blitz, dubbed Ope...Published: 13 Feb 2020 at 07:55hrs | 1570 | by Staff reporter
Makorokozas arrests top 2 500
At least 206 more illegal miners were arrested over the weekend, bringing to 2 529 the number nabbed countrywide under the ongoing "Operation Chikorokoza Ngachipere/No to Machete Gangs". The o...Published: 11 Feb 2020 at 05:30hrs | 369 | by Staff reporter
Kwekwe mine rescue ends, only 5 people were trapped
Only five miners had been trapped in a collapsed mine in Kwekwe, and not up to 20 as initial reports indicated, an official said on Friday.A tunnel collapse at Globe and Phoenix Mine on Wednes...Published: 10 Feb 2020 at 11:06hrs | 1037 | by Staff reporter
Gwanda students turn to gold panning and macimbi harvesting
Female students at the Joshua Mqabuko Nkomo College in Gwanda have turned to gold panning and mopane worm harvesting in a bid to raise the soaring rental and college fees as the institution has threat...Published: 07 Feb 2020 at 20:37hrs | 1356 | by Makho Precious Moyo
Mnangagwa's govt accused of creating criminal gangs
The military-backed government of President Emmerson Dambudzo Mnangagwa has been accused of having created the menacing machete criminal gangs that are reportedly terrorizing people in the count...Published: 07 Feb 2020 at 20:34hrs | 1632 | by Makho Precious Moyo
Muchinguri disowns illegal miners
ZANU-PF Chairperson and Minister of Defence Oppah Muchinguri-Kashiri has rubbished claims that she was sponsoring illegal gold panners in Penhalonga.The minister further warned gold panners ag...Published: 07 Feb 2020 at 17:47hrs | 1798 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa tells police to deal with machete gangs decisively
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has directed the country's security sector to decisively deal with illegal gold miners and robbers who are terrorising Zimbabweans with machetes.Mnangagwa's direct...Published: 07 Feb 2020 at 13:20hrs | 1393 | by Staff reporter
Community newspapers boss leaves in a huff
COMMUNITY Newspapers' Association of Zimbabwe (CNAZ) chairperson Jasper Maposa has resigned in protest over irregularities and corruption allegedly dogging the organisation.Maposa tendered his...Published: 07 Feb 2020 at 06:54hrs | 1790 | by Staff reporter
Spike in machete murders irks judge
MASVINGO High Court judge Garainesu Mawadze has expressed grave concern over the upsurge in machete murder cases flooding the courts.Justice Mawadze, without giving statistics, said the high n...Published: 06 Feb 2020 at 06:05hrs | 442 | by Staff reporter
Panner beaten to death over loud music
AN Esigodini gold panner was beaten to death by his five colleagues for playing loud music, the police have confirmed. Matabeleland South acting provincial police spokesperson, Inspector Loven...Published: 06 Feb 2020 at 06:05hrs | 412 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa wants Zanu-PF leaders to spend more time in communities
President Mnangagwa has declared 2020 as a year of productivity and challenged ZANU PF leaders to spend most of their time with communities monitoring the implementation of life-transforming projects....Published: 06 Feb 2020 at 05:56hrs | 93 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF youth league chief whip warns The Herald
Zanu-PF youth league chief whip Pupurai Togarepi has issued a warning against The Herald saying it should not publish articles aimed at dividing the ruling party's youth league.The Herald toda...Published: 04 Feb 2020 at 17:23hrs | 4409 | by Staff reporter
The road to a Zimbabwe GNU getting bumpier
It is apparent that the current crop of politicians in Zimbabwe really has little to do with the welfare of masses but self-enrichment. Statements from some officials from the two major parties, Zanu-...Published: 04 Feb 2020 at 06:01hrs | 926 | by Learnmore Zuze
Zanu-PF youths turn up the heat on 'corrupt' Mnangagwa, Chiwenga ally
THE Zanu-PF Youth League has intensified its campaign for action to be brought against under fire business tycoon Kudakwashe Tagwirei whom they accuse of using his fat pocket to stir up economic havoc...Published: 04 Feb 2020 at 05:56hrs | 3224 | by newzimbabwe
Chamisa's MDC struggling to restructure its Bulawayo structures
The opposition Movement for Democratic Change-Alliance (MDC-A) is reportedly struggling to restructure its Bulawayo party structures as members are resisting the abolishment of the Ward Executive Comm...Published: 03 Feb 2020 at 16:20hrs | 431 | by Staff reporter
Chiwenga vows to annihilate machete barbarians
VICE PRESIDENT Constantino Chiwenga has warned illegal gold miners and robbers who are terrorising Zimbabweans using machetes that the government will henceforth deal with them decisively.Addr...Published: 03 Feb 2020 at 12:31hrs | 3247 | by Staff reporter
Parly to probe MaShurugwi menace, gold leakages
The Parliamentary Portfolio Committee on Mines has said its investigations on gold leakages, cartels and machete gangs will begin when Parliament resumes sitting next month.Committee chairpers...Published: 31 Jan 2020 at 19:10hrs | 119 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's guards arrested
POLICE have arrested three members of the elite Presidential Guard, as well as a former broadcaster, after they allegedly assaulted villagers and tried to forcefully take over a gold mine in Mt Darwin...Published: 29 Jan 2020 at 07:21hrs | 3198 | by Staff reporter
63 illegal miners arrested in Bindura
Police in Mashonaland Central province have arrested 63 illegal miners under operation "Chikorokoza Ngachipere" at Kitsiyatota, Garati and Makusha mining areas on Monday and Tuesday.Officer Co...Published: 28 Jan 2020 at 17:06hrs | 2205 | by Simbarashe Sithole
7 machete suppliers locked up
Seven machete makers, who were arrested last week at Siyaso in Mbare, Harare, on suspicion of supplying machetes to armed robbers and criminals in mining communities, were on Saturday remanded in cust...Published: 28 Jan 2020 at 12:27hrs | 665 | by Staff reporter
Hwindi soldiers embarrass Army
The Zimbabwe National Army (ZNA) has distanced itself from the activities of its wayward members who seek to supplement their salaries through means that are unprofessional and outside of the organisa...Published: 27 Jan 2020 at 19:21hrs | 2619 | by Staff reporter
Security guard shoots gold panners
A SECURITY guard has been arrested for allegedly shooting and wounding two gold panners over suspicion that they were trespassing.Nkosilathi Ndlovu, employed at Avalon Farm in Esigodini, was n...Published: 27 Jan 2020 at 19:21hrs | 561 | by Staff reporter
1 621 gold panners arrested
POLICE in Mashonaland Central province have arrested 1 621 illegal miners in Mazowe and Shamva under the ongoing "Chikorokoza Ngachipere" blitz.Addressing Bindura residents under a crime aware...Published: 27 Jan 2020 at 19:19hrs | 219 | by Staff reporter
Harare police raid underground machete suppliers
Police have recovered 31 machetes and arrested seven people suspected to be in the business of making and supplying them to gangs that are terrorising mining areas and towns. This followed a r...Published: 25 Jan 2020 at 13:08hrs | 4358 | by Staff Reporter
60 arrested at Gwanda violence hotspot
POLICE in Matabeleland South province have arrested 60 illegal gold panners during a raid at Vova mining site in Gwanda as part of an operation to fight illegal mining activities blamed for violent cr...Published: 22 Jan 2020 at 06:34hrs | 511 | by Staff reporter
Police seal off Mazowe's Jumbo Mine
Police have sealed off Jumbo Mine in Mazowe, a move aimed at restoring sanity to the area which has been invaded by thousands of illegal miners from across the country. The mine has been decla...Published: 22 Jan 2020 at 06:20hrs | 433 | by Staff reporter
77 gold panners jailed 2 years
SEVENTY-SEVEN illegal gold miners arrested at Jumbo Mine in Mazowe and Shamva early this week were yesterday sentenced to two years each by a Bindura magistrate.The panners were nabbed during ...Published: 18 Jan 2020 at 05:32hrs | 305 | by Staff reporter
Gold panner invades Mbembesi school
A DARING gold panner has been arrested after he allegedly invaded Cameroon Primary School in the Mbembesi area of Matabeleland North to pan for gold.Themba Mniki was not asked to plead to viol...Published: 17 Jan 2020 at 06:15hrs | 410 | by Staff reporter
200 illegal miners arrested in Mazowe
TWO HUNDRED more illegal miners were arrested in Mazowe, bringing to 1 107 the number of those netted in the blitz in Mashonaland Central Province this week. This came as security guards at a mine in ...Published: 17 Jan 2020 at 05:58hrs | 102 | by Staff rpeorter
Police round up 900 maShurugwi
Zimbabwean police have arrested 907 people in Mazowe, Mashonaland Central in an operation targeting the notorious Machete wielding maShurugwi gold panners...Published: 15 Jan 2020 at 18:09hrs | 8110 | by Staff Reporter
Police arrest 124 artisanal miners at Mazowe mine
Over 124 artisanal miners were arrested at Mazowe mine, (Jumbo) yesterday following an operation to clear machete wielding illegal gold panners at the mine.The operation which started yesterda...Published: 15 Jan 2020 at 09:17hrs | 3709 | by Paul Ndou
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