Zimbabwe News Update
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THE future of Mavuradonha Wilderness, one of post-independence Zimbabwe’s conservation success stories, is in grave danger due to unregulated chrome mining activities by Chinese entities, investigations have revealed.
The foreign miners are being shielded by heavyweights in Mashonaland Central, who are wantonly disregarding the government’s 2020 ban on mining activities in all national parks.
Located near the towns of Guruve and Centenary, Mavuradonha covers 600 square kilometres of the eastern part of the Zambezi escarpment. It was declared a monument by the government in 2017 because of its historical and cultural importance.
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