Muzvezve
Muzvezve is a city in Zimbabwe with 12,000 inhabitants (2006). It is located south of the city of Kadoma in the Kadoma District in the Mashonaland West Province .
It is a gold rush town and one of the problem areas of Kadoma par excellence. The Muzvezve River played a decisive role in the gold rush there, and therefore also one with a view to the mercury contamination of the surrounding area.
Muzvezve is not a city in the strict sense of the word, but a number of wild settlements like Alexander, Amber Rose, Panners and Tix on the Muzvezve River, grouped around gold tunnels. In fact, it is a suburb and prospecting area of Kadoma, not an independent city - even if the very specific problems there suggest a special administration.
Web links
- pfd for title a and title b
- Title a: Removal of barriers to the introduction of cleaner artisanal gold mining and extraction technologie in Kadoma, Zimbabwe. Part B: Health Assessment - By Stephan Boese-O´Reilly, Felicitas Dahlmann, Beate Lettmeier, Gustav Drasch November 2004
- Title b: A sociological survey of small-scale artisanal gold mining in the Kadoma-Chakari area - By: Celani Mtetwa and Soul Shava July 2003
Coordinates: 18 ° 26 ' S , 29 ° 57' E