(Last Updated on January 9, 2024 by ZIMDAILY EDITOR)
Thankfully, all 15 artisanal miners trapped at Redwing Mine in Penhalonga near Mutare when a shaft collapsed last week were rescued yesterday, following the deployment of top technology by the Government to figure out their exact location underground.
This is not the first time such accidents have happened as three civic groups comprised of the Centre for Research and Development (CRD), Ziva Community Empowerment Trust (ZCET), and Penhalonga Youth Development Ratepayers Trust (PYDRT), issued a joint statement in January 2023 claiming that 100 artisanal died at the mine since 2020…