On Saturday, 10 miners were held hostage for 22 hours in a 100 metre deep mine shaft in Colleen Bawn by seven men who attacked them with machetes. Three miners were hospitalised at United Bulawayo Hospitals and Gwanda Provincial Hospital. The miners spent the night in the mine shaft and were only rescued by police the following morning following a failed bid by their attackers to take over Antenior 5 Mine in Colleen Bawn.
Same Hlongwane (31), Kenwell Moyo (30) both of Gwanda, Knowledge Maduveko (30), John Maduveko (31) both of Shurugwi and Witness Bhachi (29) of Mberengwa were arrested in connection with the incident. Two other men identified as Bisho Mwale and Honoured are on the run. The four were not asked to plead when they appeared before provincial magistrate, Mr Willard Maphios Moyo yesterday, facing robbery and kidnapping charges. They were all remanded in custody to November 7 and advised to apply for bail at the High Court.
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