Illegal riverbed mining plunders protected Mazowe

NSIDE the active channel of the Mazowe River, heavy industrial cutting equipment operated by Richbasin Mining sits directly in the water, its mechanical hum reverberating across exposed bedrock.

Upstream, heavy machinery belonging to the firm cuts straight into the riverbed, carving out massive granite blocks.

Downstream, thick, milky-grey granite slurry streams through the residual flow of one of Zimbabwe’s most vital watercourses.

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