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*Machete-wielding Gold Panners (Mabhuru) Risk Being Shot - Mavima*

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Midlands Provincial Affairs Minister, Larry Mavima, has warned machete-wielding artisanal miners (makorokoza) that they will be shot if they engage in violence and terrorism.

Machete-wielding gangs (Mabhuru) terrorise people in areas such as Kwekwe, Shurugwi, Zvishavane and Mberengwa. Said Mavima:

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> This is a subject that is very close to my heart because I believe that as Zimbabweans we are generally a law-abiding society. We should have zero tolerance for violence. We cannot have a lawless society that terrorises law-abiding citizens, it doesn’t matter whether you are an artisanal miner or what.

> In this particular case, I want to reiterate that we do not tolerate machetes. We do not tolerate violence because there is no need to use force in order to achieve your end of needs.

> Very soon we will be applying for an eye philosophy or principle. That means that if you have machetes and you meet a law officer, and if they are armed they will retaliate and shoot.

> This is because we cannot allow our young people to become that lawless to the extent that they take the law into their hands and believe that if they have a machete they are above the law.

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