By Staff Writer 

Mining stakeholders have come under one roof to discuss the Mines and Mining Bill which will be tabled in Parliament soon.

The Mines and Mining Development Department of the ruling revolutionary Party, ZANU PF organised the workshop to get the input from the miners.

Speaking during the workshop, the Department's Secretary Cde Paul Mangwana said stakeholders must understand the Bill.

"I warmly welcome you to this important two-day workshop on the Mines and Minerals Bill, 2025, hosted by the ZANU PF Department of Mines and Energy Development in partnership with Miners for ED," Cde Mangwana said.

"This workshop is more than a formality. It is a strategic convening of minds tasked with shaping the mineral governance trajectory of our country. The Mines and Minerals Bill, 2025 is not merely a legislative document. It is a blueprint for national empowerment, economic modernization, and sovereign control of our natural wealth.

"The objectives of this workshop are twofold. We engage key stakeholders in the mining, legal, financial, geological, regulatory, and political sectors to gain insight into the proposed reforms under the Bill. We align the Party structure, from national to grassroots levels, on how to interpret, defend, and implement these reforms in line with our Party’s ideological thrust under Vision 2030 and NDS1.

"The success of this Bill does not depend solely on Parliament or the Ministry, but it depends on us. Our provincial departments and Miners for ED representatives are the Party’s ears, eyes, and voices in mining communities.

"You are the bridge between policy and people, between the Bill and the shaft, between Parliament and the pit. This workshop is your empowerment platform- absorb, interrogate, and strategize."