Penalonga | New Appointed Member of Parliament Scott Pedzisai Sakupwanya has come under fire following the deaths of 15 Miners at his Penalonga Redwing Mine.
Redwing Mine has been in the papers since 2020 over the issues of illegal mining activities and accidents that led to the loss of more than 150 miners.
Questions over the mine’s safety has been thrown around following revalations that the mine was earlier issued with ban by the Environmental Management Agency (EMA) in January last year following reports of fatal accidents involving artisanal miners.
Many people have since stated raising questions of whether the Environmental Management Agency was paid to turn a blind eye or they are just ignorant and don’t care about the reports of deaths and land degradation happening at the mine.
earlier this week ZiMetro reported that 15 people died when a shaft at the mine collapsed.
At least 15 miners are feared dead following a mineshaft collapse at Redwing Mine in Penhalonga, Manicaland province, early this morning.
The mine is owned by Zanu PF Mabvuku-Tafara legislator Pedzisayi Scott Sakupwanya.
Centre for Research and Development director James Mupfumi said that the accident occurred when the shaft collapsed and trapped some gold miners who were operating underground.
He added that hundreds of residents from Penhalonga have since converged at the site to assist in the rescue operations.
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