Homes, land destroyed as desperate Zimbabweans turn to illegal gold mining

Under the blazing sun, a group of men use picks and shovels to dig up a bushy patch of land outside Zimbabwe’s second-largest city, stopping every few seconds to scan the soil for signs of gold. The 13 men, led by one carrying a metal detector, left open gullies all over the area in Filabusi, about 80 km south of Bulawayo.