Zimbabwe: Of Female Artisanal Gold Miners

Mutare — Gold and diamond panning has widely been believed to be associated with uncivil, fiercely looking men.

Well, this widely shared societal misconception ceases to exist the moment one runs into female artisanal gold miners, or gold panners, as they were once called.

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