Battlefields, Zimbabwe
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Battlefields is a small settlement in Mashonaland West province in Zimbabwe. It is located off the main road from Harare to Bulawayo between Kadoma and Kwekwe. The name Battlefields was given not on account of any fighting which took place there, but because many of the mining claims and reefs were named after famous battles, such as Trafalgar and Tel el-Kebir.{{cite web |title=Colourful Place Names |url=http://www.rhodesia.me.uk/ColourfulPlaceNamesofRhodesia.htm |website=Window on Rhodesia |accessdate=17 February 2019}}
2019 mining accident
In February 2019, at least 38 illegal gold panners were trapped by flood water in two mine shafts, after heavy rainfall caused a dam wall to burst.{{Cite web|url=https://news.pindula.co.zw/2019/02/13/breaking-38-miners-feared-dead-in-flooded-battlefields-mine-shafts/|title=BREAKING: 38 Miners Feared Dead In Flooded Battlefields Mine Shafts ⋆ Pindula News|last=Lovemore|date=2019-02-13|website=Pindula News|language=en-US|access-date=2019-02-17}} By 17 February, 8 people had been rescued and 24 bodies recovered, with dozens more still missing and feared dead.{{Cite web|url=http://www.sabcnews.com/sabcnews/the-number-of-bodies-retrieved-from-a-zim-mine-rises-to-24/|title=The number of bodies retrieved from Zim mine rises to 24|date=2019-02-17|website=SABC News - Breaking news, special reports, world, business, sport coverage of all South African current events. Africa's news leader.|language=en-US|access-date=2019-02-17}}
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