Nhau News Online News that is accurate, reliable, trustworthy!!
08 Sep 2020
Ministers caved in to pressure on Tuesday and banned all mining inside national parks after two Chinese mining companies got special grants to prospect for coal inside Hwange National Park.
A cabinet meeting in Harare also agreed to ban all riverbed and alluvial mining on rivers, except on the Save and Angwa rivers “where desiltation will be allowed under very strict conditions.”
“Mining on areas held by National Parks is banned with immediate effect,” announced information minister Monica Mutsvangwa.
“Steps are being undertaken to immediately cancel all mining title held in National Parks.” – Zimlive
Content retrieved from: https://bit.ly/3k0esFH.
