By Margaret Kamba 

National Political Commissar Cde Munyaradzi Machacha says the mining precision of our forefathers was on point.

This he said during the two-day workshop for mining stakeholders held at the ZANU PF Headquarters. The workshop was organized by the Mines and Mining Department.

Cde Machacha said the colonizers displaced the local people to pave the way for themselves.

"Our forefathers have a history of mining and trading in minerals. Their women wore gold and silver earrings and anklets, which shows the rich value they had. When the colonizers came, they told them mining was bad and displaced them," Cde Machacha said.

"Our young people in the mining sector who I have been speaking to have been sharing their experiences of the traces of how our forefathers were mining. They have been talking about the precision with which the mining was done and that this is where they themselves have been finding the gold traces. They also share that our forefathers used very small tunnels."

Cde Machacha told the mining community gathered for the workshop that it is imperative that they understand the importance of the revolutionary Party being in power and the negative implications of the end of that rule.

"If ZANU PF moves from power, you must know that the enemy will find ways and means to remove you from the places you are operating in. It is important that you know how to safeguard them by supporting the ruling Party, ZANU PF."

The workshop was held ahead of the first reading of the Mines and Mining Bill, which is being amended to suit the current standards.