ZMF works towards reducing mining accidents

THE Zimbabwe Miners Federation says it is taking steps to ensure that the small-scale and artisanal mining sector’s positive contribution to the country’s economy is not overshadowed by avoidable accidents iin mineshafts.

ZMF Mashonaland West chairperson Timothy Chizuzu yesterday said his organisation was undertaking campaigns as a form of awareness to ensure that miners are aware of their safety, dangers of illegal mining as well as sustainable mining.

“We as ZMF, especially in Mashonaland West province, have started moving around meeting miners and our main objective is to see if they are compliant and if they are mining in a sustainable way, like putting up shafts which are timbered to prevent the shafts from collapsing,” he said.

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