Govt bans alluvial mining

GOVERNMENT has banned all alluvial mining activities across Zimbabwe with immediate effect, a Cabinet minister has said.

Speaking during post-Cabinet media briefing in Harare yesterday, Information, Publicity and Broadcasting Services minister Jenfan Muswere said the mining activities had destroyed rivers.

“Cabinet had noted that ever since its commencement in 2011 across the country’s rural provinces, large-scale and mechanical alluvial mining or riverbed mining has resulted in water pollution, siltation, degradation of river channels and disruption of riverine ecosystems,” he said.

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