By Employees Reporter
GOVERNMENT has reportedly evicted artisanal and small-scale miners who had stationed themselves at Sandawana Mine in Mberengwa following a mineral rush within the space.
Sandawana Mine is within the state-owned Zimbabwe Mining Improvement Company (ZMDC) portfolio and has been famed for producing emeralds and different valuable stones.
In a video circulating on social media, the artisanal miners stated authorities had abruptly evicted them with out prior warning.
One of many aggrieved distributors, Nomatter Timire, condemned the inhumane removing from her supply of dwelling.
“They have been presupposed to have issued warnings. We’re struggling and we’re all attempting to make ends meet,” Timire stated.
“They’ve chased us from this place but once we resolve to go to South Africa for piece jobs, they inform us to come back again, vote and assist repair our nation after which they deal with us this manner,” she added.
Timire bemoaned the deplorable state of affairs within the nation including that their eviction has worsened their endeavor to arrange for again to highschool.
“Colleges are opening quickly and we’re within the midst of attempting to lift cash for uniforms, charges and books, but we come right here to vend and we’re instructed to return dwelling and sit, how then are we presupposed to fend for our kids, what are we then presupposed to eat,” queried Timire.
Within the stated video, Timire is seen packing her belongings together with an array of inventory that she had bought for resell at her makeshift merchandising stall.
A few of the disgruntled youth could possibly be heard requesting the digicam particular person to seize them.
“We’re not pleased with this premature eviction, we have been blissful that the President had allowed us to mine and make a dwelling,” he stated.
“We’ve been compelled to depart with out something, we had used the little cash we needed to kick begin our small mining tasks and now every thing has been taken and we’re being chased away.”
In November, 1000’s of miners attended because the Zimbabwe Miners Federation launched #MinersForED Midlands Chapter at Chingechuru.
