FEATUREPandemic spurs illegal gold rush in Zimbabwe
13/10/2020#0183;#32;As Zimbabwe experiences its worst economic crisis in a decade, with crippling hyperinflation and unemployment, young people are venturing into illegal gold mining in a bid to earn a living. Gold panning in Chimanimani is mostly smallscale and informal, according to a 2016 research paper by the Royal Botanic Gardens at Kew in London. The paper estimated that the output