Rudairo Mapuranga

Miner Dies at Botha Mine Defying Government Shutdown Orders A miner has died at Botha Gold Mine in Bindura, an operation that remains under a full government suspension order, raising urgent questions about the enforcement of safety regulations and defiance of court directives, Mining Zimbabwe can report.

To modernise ageing grid infrastructure that chokes mining productivity, a National University of Science and Technology (NUST) student, Weston Mabota, has developed a smart hybrid transformer designed to eliminate oil-filled failures and enable bidirectional power flow from onsite solar plants and electric haulage systems, Mining Zimbabwe can report.

State Lease Looted: Botha Mine Faces US$40M Claim Documents, court rulings, government suspension orders, and a sworn affidavit from the Ministry of Mines paint a picture of systematic encroachment, violence, and alleged theft from a Mutapa Investment Fund asset. New estimates value the gold taken from State ground at US$40 million. For more than three years, a corporate battle has raged underground in Bindura’s gold fields.