By James Gwati- Villagers of Dinde in Hwange have engaged human rights lawyers to stop the government from evicting them from their ancestral land for a Chinese coal mining project.

According to NewsDay, a civic society group, the Centre for Natural Resources Governance (CNRG), and the Zimbabwe Lawyers for Human Rights (ZLHR) are pursuing legal action to stop the eviction of the villagers.

The government on Thursday sent a high-powered delegation to Hwange to evict Dinde villagers who are resisting the Chinese coal mining project.

The visit by President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s delegation came after villagers had said that they were not going to move for the Chinese Beifa Investment company which has been given green light to start its coal mining operations.