Deadly tribal war hits illegal gold mine
At least four people are suspected to have died when Ndebele speaking illegal gold miners attacked Shona speaking fellow miners at disused Gealong Gold Mine in Gwanda.
Impeccable sources from the mine who would not be named exclusively revealed to ZimEye.com that the feud between Ndebele and Shona speaking miners has been on going for a while only awaiting a final boiling point.
The sources claim that the Ndebele speaking miners have for long not been happy with the presence of the Shona speakers who they want out of the rich mining area. The local Ndebele miners claim that the Shonas are taking their space and should leave Matabeleland and go and mine in Mashonaland.
The feud finally got to it’s boiling point at the beginning of this month after a group of Shona miners hit a rich gold belt from an area previously rejected by a group of Ndebele miners who had worked in the area for a long time and got very little gold from the area.
After more than two weeks of large returns by the Shonas, the Ndebeles got angry and demanded their counterparts to immediately leave the area, an order which was not accepted. The Ndebele miners left the area on Saturday evening giving the Shona miners 48 hours to leave the area. On their return on Tuesday morning they came back with a reinforced group of over twenty other miners triggering a huge fight between the two groups. Deadly objects like picks, shovels, knives and any other implements used for mining were turned into weapons resulting in a bloody exchange.
The Shonas were overcome by the large contingent as they fled leaving behind at least four of them dead according to sources.
Police in Gwanda expressed ignorance on the matter referring all questions to the police general headquarters in Harare. However a source at Gwanda Provincial Hospital confirmed that a number of badly injured informal miners was received at the hospital. The source could however only confirm one body as having been received from the mine without giving any further details.
At the time of going to press, sources around the mine area reported that there was heavy police presence in the area and at least six people have been seen handcuffed.
ZimEye.com is monitoring developments from the mine as more information is sourced.
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so you agree that at some point in history,both ancient and modern you violated other communities, why are you bitter about the Lobengula era. afterall you have taken your revenge in the form of atrocities perpetrated by the notorious Gukurahundi. why a penchant to kick a fallen man. this is pure cowardice
so you agree that at some point in history,both ancient and modern you violated other communities, why are you bitter about the Lobengula era. afterall you have taken your revenge in the form of atrocities perpetrated by the notorious Gukurahundi. why a penchant to kick a fallen man. this is pure cowardice
Good! ngazvirambe zvakadaro.tichaona kunowira tsvimbo nedohwe
no instilling fear we are also not afraid of you.
no instilling fear we are also not afraid of you.
Cowards? usatambe! Tinokuwachai zvese nekusukai.hatikukwatei
you could not have migrated from Guruuswa to Mthwakazi without shooting a single arrow. otherrwise you want to portray your tribe as that of cringing cowards.
you could not have migrated from Guruuswa to Mthwakazi without shooting a single arrow. otherrwise you want to portray your tribe as that of cringing cowards.
Kwaqhuuma!!!noma wothuvi engathi nawe ulwela indoda yakho,hambo phingwa ebutshabiland ungazosikhonyela lana,even the author is trying to absolve amashona as good boys,abahambe kibo finish
Kwaqhuuma!!!noma wothuvi engathi nawe ulwela indoda yakho,hambo phingwa ebutshabiland ungazosikhonyela lana,even the author is trying to absolve amashona as good boys,abahambe kibo finish
Ndimi makauya nezvehondo.isu tinoda zvekunakirwa nezve vakadzi asi hatibvume kujairirwa
Ndimi makauya nezvehondo.isu tinoda zvekunakirwa nezve vakadzi asi hatibvume kujairirwa
@i hate shone to much hamba uyekufa old fashion style uyabazonda uyathanda kuya fana I Zimbabwe ayisiyo yamandebele silima ndinii u are both Zimbabwean u nkomo Lomugabe fought for that country not isitshwala esifana. lawe thus why sise muva mandebele sihambisa I tribalism phambili u are just brothers, why killing each other? Uyihlo wazalwa iphethe I mine wena hamba uyofa shit yomuntu nxa.
poor you with your porous mind. Gukurahundi tried zvikagumira munzira. soon you are gong to tear each other apart.you have many fault lines -Zezuru v s Karanga with vekumakomoyo spiling either way. this will see the emergency of Mtwakazi kaNdaba
poor you with your porous mind. Gukurahundi tried zvikagumira munzira. soon you are gong to tear each other apart.you have many fault lines -Zezuru v s Karanga with vekumakomoyo spiling either way. this will see the emergency of Mtwakazi kaNdaba
Mthwakazi means the land of the SAN not of the Shona or the Ndebele. at least the Ndebele acknowledge the rightful owners of this land which even rock markngs acknowledge.
Mthwakazi means the land of the SAN not of the Shona or the Ndebele. at least the Ndebele acknowledge the rightful owners of this land which even rock markngs acknowledge.
Don’t use ancestral term because it was never land to your ancestors. You and whites are settlers in Zimbabwe.
Don’t use ancestral term because it was never land to your ancestors. You and whites are settlers in Zimbabwe.
There are mines too
There are mines too
Fuck off back home to ST there ishould gold there too
SA
Fuck off back home to ST there ishould gold there too
Fuck you cunts go back to Shaka Zulu
Fuck you cunts go back to Shaka Zulu
Idiot
Idiot
I guess by now , some politician is processing papers to grab that mining area. And then he will chase both the shona and ndebele peasants using police force.
I guess by now , some politician is processing papers to grab that mining area. And then he will chase both the shona and ndebele peasants using police force.
dreaming matebeleland is not yoz and you will never chase anyone, ndebeles are not allowed to do gold panning in mashonaland go to shurugwi , kadoma etc. even in chiadzwa they were being chased away. this is not a new thing it has been happening in mashonaland only that its not published. but ask any gold minors in those areas they will tell you
dreaming matebeleland is not yoz and you will never chase anyone, ndebeles are not allowed to do gold panning in mashonaland go to shurugwi , kadoma etc. even in chiadzwa they were being chased away. this is not a new thing it has been happening in mashonaland only that its not published. but ask any gold minors in those areas they will tell you
your ancestral land is in SA not Zim,the Shona spaeaking people are the first rightful owners of this land,so if you and you fellow tribesmen do not know how to live with others peacefully,we will chase you out again as we did to the white/pink men
your ancestral land is in SA not Zim,the Shona spaeaking people are the first rightful owners of this land,so if you and you fellow tribesmen do not know how to live with others peacefully,we will chase you out again as we did to the white/pink men
Yaaah, excellent. Chase the Shonas away. This is Mthwakazi. We don’t want Shona filth on our ancestral land. Go back zinja – infact go back to Burundi!