Gold panners target Nust

SIX Bulawayo man facing a charge of gold panning at the National University of Science and Technology (Nust) have been remanded in custody to April 25.

They pleaded not guilty when they appeared before Bulawayo magistrate Maxwell Ncube last Friday.

According to the State, on March 9 at 3pm, the six were caught conducting illegal mining activities in pits inside the university premises.

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