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Maguwu Decries Chinese Mining Operations In Zimbabwe As "Organised Crime"

7 months agoTue, 27 Aug 2024 13:54:13 GMT
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Maguwu Decries Chinese Mining Operations In Zimbabwe As "Organised Crime"

Farai Maguwu, the founding director of the Centre for Natural Resource Governance, has characterised the proliferation of Chinese mining operations across Zimbabwe as a form of “organised crime” due to their exploitative nature.

Maguwu made these remarks during a virtual discussion organised by the Bubi Community Parliament last week, where he was a guest.

The discussion focused on environmental management and degradation in the Bubi district.

Chinese miners have been accused of extensive environmental degradation and a reluctance to reinvest in the communities where they operate.

Maguwu claimed that mines that started operating in Zimbabwe after the year 2000 have failed to meaningfully improve the areas in which they are situated. He said (via Southern Eye):

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Mining that is conducted in Zimbabwe is organised crime, it is not really formal. In terms of mines that started operating after the year 2000, the one that I think is a demonstration of unit of environmental social or governance risk is Zimplats.

If you go to Zimplats you will realise that they have invested in the road infrastructure, and they have built a town such that even if Zimplats is said to have ceased operations in Zimbabwe, that settlement will continue to exist.

They have built houses for their staff, it is actually a town that they have built. But those coming from China, they have no intention to stay here, they have no intention to transform the place from the way they found it and turn it into a better place.

Maguwu argued that some of the so-called investors are not genuine investors at all, but rather criminals masquerading as such.

He went on to assert that these individuals “cannot even build toilets for their employees,” underscoring their blatant disregard for the basic welfare and dignity of the local workforce. He said:

The difference between a criminal and an investor is that an investor improves the place and leaves it a better place than they found it.

If you look at towns like Shurugwi and Zvishavane, they were built due to mining. Bindura, Hwange, they built that town from coal and today we have Hwange town because of mining.

But for criminals, what they leave are pits, some of these miners cannot even build toilets for their employees.

They do not invest in people, the environment and the future. Marange is a sad story, there is nothing in Marange, the roads are bad, and the clinic staff quarters are dilapidated.

Maguwu also claimed that the working conditions in most mining companies were deplorable, adding that some workers are driven to supplement their meager incomes by stealing from their employers.

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33 Comments

gg · 7 months ago
Boterekwa, muShurugwi is no longer scenic as it used to be. There is rampant land degradation by Chinese miners. Despite the the massive operations that they are undertaking, there is no development to talk about evolving from these operations. Even at the operation sites, they did not build modern structures, only wooden cabins. Vakatama nhasi vanoita sevakatama five years ago. It's different when we compare the Chinese companies with Unki mine nearby, Unki built modern residential location for it's workers and they embark on corporate social responsibility projects. Of significance, is a primary and secondary school they built for the community alongside Shurugwi-Zvishavane road. The type of mining techniques are the same used by Germans long long ago. If ever you find them putting up big structures, they will be metal cabins
Anonymous · 7 months ago
Anyone against this story has a serious mental problem. Chinese are busy levelling mountains, there is nothing to show examples where given by write what people had good heart did. Look East doesn't work
ironside · 7 months ago
it's from colonialism to colonialism ( jumping from a frying pan into the fire)
Bee Mann · 7 months ago
it's like prisoners Toilets kkkkkkkkk not not working class
Bee Mann · 7 months ago
Chinese don't Care about Zimbabwe end will never ever respect Zimbabweans ....
Haaa · 7 months ago
Nhau yekukoka vanhu muzvinhu zvedu ndiyo inokonzera zvese izvi.China yashupa iyi.Ko vaudzeika vadzokere kwavo,munovatyeiko.
Zeus mfana · 7 months ago
Zanu pf is benefiting working wth Chinese criminals that's why govtmnt won't take necessary measures when dealing wth them
Fari · 7 months ago
Problem is government, zvinhu izvi zvirikutaurwa countless times but no action maybe bcoz there are benefits atisingazive vamwe
cancelo · 7 months ago
the policies of the ruling class is to be blamed for creating poverty in Zim look what they have coast
7@$h!0n · 7 months ago
Eho
makunun'unu · 7 months ago
Zvakatanga naBob Mugabe zveLook East Policy honai kwazvava, hakuna future in this country unless taita Restoration of the policies dzaishanda muno munyika.Hazvibatsiri kuti munhu anongofuma akachinja zvinhu ega,zvinouraya nyika
Anonymous · 7 months ago
Na sanctions akaseedzwa na Teaboy honaitaakutambura iyeakazvifira arizii arikuBohera.
theLastAntKing · 7 months ago
nhai bamnin sanction rapinda papi, zanu invited the Chinese thru "Look east policy" & from 2000 to date the policy has failed to bring developments into much loved country. instead we have allowed looters to loot & try to make their country a "developed country " Varungu avo kwavo vakagadzira tiriko tikuzviona manje ma China kwavo haitoriko moti vangazokuitira. Regai kupusiswa
Shadows · 7 months ago
maChinese nevanova supporter munomuZim me call show year new
ciroc 🍸 · 7 months ago
Ma Chinese ese out toita mining tega nana Scot na Chimombe
XXX · 7 months ago
Erudut kana Mai vako vakatu ndi rwa nePF unongoti boo Imboshandisa pfungwa kwete mudhi shi pakufunga
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Tambaoga · 7 months ago
Better kuitira mudondo🤣
vin diesel · 7 months ago
apa unenge uchirasha nhope mumwe aripa side nechimbuzi chakadai
Erudite · 7 months ago
Nothing but a mouthpiece of the crooked West and most likely an Anglophile yearning for the day his white masters come back...It is truly shocking to know that in the year 2024 we still have people that believe in a white savior... Sinophobia is wrong and should be condemned...This guy is just cherry picking his examples in a bid to portray the Chinese as devils while painting literal colonists, slave masters and imperialists as saints...If this Maguwu character was being sincere he should have told us what the conditions of the black workers were like... Black people were literal slaves that propped up the minority white population and were restricted in the areas they could live....All those towns he mentioned the affluent suburbs were for the whites while the black people lived in deplorable conditions..So tell me is that much better than what the Chinese have done?... Erudite out
Peace and Tolerance · 7 months ago
But it doesn't change the fact that most of the Chinese here do what they want. They should treat their workers with respect not to take advantage of our country's poor relations with the West and do what they want to us, as they know we have no alternative
Erudite · 7 months ago
What are you on about???...Workers are treated with the utmost respect and last time I checked the Chinese do not poison their workers with anthrax , thallium or inject them with syphilis...Granted not all Chinese people are saints but saying "most of them" is a tad hyperbole... Erudite out
??? · 7 months ago
Ayo ma toilets Ayo chituko kumwana we Zimbabwe mmmmm
Roberto Mags · 7 months ago
Maguwu is a beneficiary of the British and Americans
Peace and Tolerance · 7 months ago
MaZanu takavaudza kuti maChina are useless they are criminals. It is much better to choose to get help from those who once helped us and left something tangible
Si**** · 7 months ago
Nhai maguwu ndikashanya pamba pako ukasvikondipa mutemo wekuti hatidye sadza kana tisati tanabata ndinokwanisa kupikisa here.
Boss · 7 months ago
Ma 🇨🇳 akawuya kuzoparadza Zimbabwe yedu through zanupf
Si**** · 7 months ago
Saka mukapinda umo muri 20 unozvibatsira sei nhai hama vadikani
Anonymous · 7 months ago
These are issues that should be discussed with the local and central governments.
Chibaba · 7 months ago
The effects of look East Policy
Charles Horton Cooley · 7 months ago
and the story goes on in the media, while the degradations is ongoing. nobody cares for the future of this land. it has no leadership

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