Hillcrest School has approached the Mutare High Court seeking an urgent order to stop gold mining activities at Mt Sinai in Toronto, arguing that dust, noise and heavy machinery are disrupting learning and threatening the surrounding environment.

Zimbabwe has approved a nationwide task force to tackle illegal and unregulated mining following findings of environmental damage, infrastructure destruction and social problems in Bindura.

There is a quiet, ecological execution taking place on the fringes of Harare, and it is being rubber-stamped by our own courts and municipal offices. Week after week, the Southerton Business Times has documented a horrifyingly selective application of the law: ordinary citizens are watched over by state bulldozers in high-density suburbs like Stoneridge, while wealthy, well-connected entities are quietly handed the keys to our city’s life support systems.