Jack Murehwa – The Mail & Guardian

/ 11 February 2008

Zimbabwe mining hit by skills flight

Zimbabwe’s mining sector has lost more than half its skilled personnel in the last year, with workers lured abroad by the chance of boosting their pay more than ten-fold, an industry body said on Monday. According to a new study carried out by the Chamber of Mines, there are now 1 116 vacancies for professional and technical staff following the departure of workers.

By Staff Reporter

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/ 17 September 2007

MDC: Zim crisis is world’s worst

The humanitarian crisis in Zimbabwe has become the world’s worst but is still largely ignored by the international community, a member of the opposition Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) said on Monday. David Coltart said the crisis in the former British colony had far outgrown the ability of any single nation to tackle.

By Jeremy Lovell