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WOMEN TAKE THEIR PLACE IN THE COUNTRY’S ECONOMY Constructed at a cost of US$500 000, Tasimudzwa Women’s Gold Milling plant in Guruve is close to completion and will be officially commissioned early this year much to the delight of those who are set to benefit from the facility in the Mashonaland Central province.
The gold milling plant is one of many successful cooperatives dotted around the country, which are supported by the Ministry and its development partners and aimed at economically empowering rural women.

Tasimudzwa gold milling plant is a formally registered company which is made up of 125 members, widows, church leaders and people with disabilities among others.

A preview of the gold milling plant, ready for commissioning.
As part of promoting sustainability and advancement of the MSMEs, the Ministry went a step further to equip all members of the milling plant with basic skills training.

The women were trained in business management, financial literacy and basic mining safety as a way of enabling them to successfully run their business.

Some members of the Women’s gold milling plant pose for a photo during the tour.
During a tour of the milling plant recently, the Minister of Women Affairs, Community, Small and Medium Enterprises Development Dr. S.G.G.

Nyoni said the project will be replicated in all the other provinces across the country.

The Minister, Dr. Nyoni added that such empowerment projects were important especially for rural women to enable them to break the “glass ceiling” and enable them to strategically position themselves in the economy of the country.
The mining sector contributes massively to the country’s gross domestic product (GDP), and small-scale mining has produced a trained workforce and small businesses that are servicing communities and promoting the upliftment of women in line with Vision 2030.

The Minister, Dr S.G.G.

Nyoni, flanked by the Permanent Secretary Mr Moses Mhike touring the gold milling plant.
MWACSMED is currently working together with the Ministry of Mines and Mining Development to address the issue of Exclusive Prospecting Orders (EPOs) in Mashonaland Central province.

“There are big tracts of land in the province owned by one person who has all the claims.

But I’m glad to say women there are women within that EPO that also own their own claims.

The Ministry of Mines is privy to what is happening here and I know that Honourable Minister Winston Chitando will deal with that.
I have assure the women that the Ministry of Mines will solve the issues.,” said the Minister Dr Nyoni.

Once ironed out and EPOs are removed, this will open space for women to benefit more through mining claims and enable them to grow in the sector.