Gaths Mine

Gaths Mine
Location
Location	Mashava
Province	Masvingo
Country	Zimbabwe
Coordinates	ZW 20°01′S 30°31′E / 20.017°S 30.517°E / -20.017; 30.517Coordinates: ZW 20°01′S 30°31′E / 20.017°S 30.517°E / -20.017; 30.517
Production
Products	Asbestos
Production	0
Owner
Company	Mutumwa Mawere

Gaths Mine is an asbestos mine in Mashava, Masvingo Province, Zimbabwe, and is located 40 km west of Masvingo city. Gaths Mine as it is now collectively known as is a combination of three mines: King Mine and the now-defunct Temeraire and Gaths. The mine once employed around 1,500 people but as it stands, production has been stopped due to operational challenges. A few employees are left at the mine doing general maintenance. As of November 2011, workers had been without a salary for three years.

The mine was first hit by the international drive against the use of asbestos. This saw the mine investing lots of money in marketing its type of asbestos white asbestos which is said to be kinder than the blue asbestos. Political interference then saw its major shareholder, Mutumwa Mawere, abandoning the mine and skipping the borders for South Africa where he is currently based. Effects of the Zimbabwean economic situation did not spare the struggling mine which led to mass exodus of its employees followed by the suspension of production.

References

Gaths Mine Workers Languish in Poverty and Hunger

Population figures have been incorporated into Mashava figures.

Masvingo Province

Business Centres	Maranda Mwenezi Neshuro Rutenga Mupandawana Jerera Chivi Zaka Ndanga Mashava Madamombe Ngundu Musume Malipati Gurajena Gwengwerere

Towns & Cities	Gutu Chiredzi Triangle Masvingo

Districts	Chivi Bikita Zaka Gutu Chiredzi Mwenezi Masvingo

Noteworthy Places	Hippo Valley Great Zimbabwe Triangle Gonarezhou Mutirikwe Manyuchi Gaths Mine

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