Story by Tafara Chikumira A Lower Gweru-based miner has defied the odds, rising from artisanal mining to owning a multimillion-dollar gold operation, a success he attributes to empowerment policies introduced under the Second Republic. This comes as statistics show that small-scale miners now contribute around 75 percent of Zimbabwe’s annual gold output. Born Tawanda Muchenurwa [ ]
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