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โ€˜Mining companies close operations but Deka water still contaminatedโ€™

Some mining operations that were contaminating the Deka River in Hwange, have reportedly shut down although the water situation has not improved significantly. Deka River, one of Matabeleland Northโ€™s major rivers and a tributary of the Zambezi River, was heavily polluted with metals, industrial pollutants released by local and foreign-owned coal mining as well as [โ€ฆ]