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By Staff Reporter THE Zimbabwe Peace Project (ZPP) has added to growing calls for government to protect the interests of the people of the Dinde community in Hwange, who are facing expulsion from their ancestral homes to make way for a Chinese mining company, Beifa Investments (Pvt) Ltd. After government granted Beifa a special mining exploration permit to conduct exploration activities in the Dinde area, the company has since started its work in Ward 13. This has given rise to fears the local community of about 600 families could soon evicted. Events have led to some community leaders clashi...

By Matabeleland North Correspondent HWANGE Central legislator Daniel Molokele has stood behind villagers in Hwange’s Dinde community have clashed with some Chinese investors conducting a coal exploration operation on their land. The row has spilled into the courts after police arrested Zanu PF ward and residents’ leader for blocking the mining project. Beifa Investments claims to have a special mining grant to explore for coal in Dinde, about 30km outside Hwange town and the community was not consulted on the mining project which is feared could lead to the displacement of dozens of villa...