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BCC deploys rangers to stop gold panning in Umzingwane
Praisemore Sithole ·
THE Bulawayo City Council (BCC) has deployed rangers to drive out poachers and illegal gold miners from Umzingwane Dam catchment area as they are causing siltation.
There is rampant and uncontrolled gold panning in most catchment areas around the country, affecting water bodies.
Bulawayo deputy mayor Mlandu Ncube said council was not accepting fines from gold panners upon arrest, as has been the case, but was handing them to the police to facilitate prosecution.
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