The Bulawayo man who was interviewed in September is still there. Life is worse for him now than when they lived more as a community. They were yielding better gold where they used to be: they are more or less still prospecting and trying to find a good site where they are now. The gold buyers also cannot easily find them now, so life is generally much deteriorated. There used to be radios and dancing and socialising in the previous camp, now people live in hiding and do not get together in this way. Photo 16: Home for two, Matabeleland South mining community Situation seven Rural district in the Midlands Family of husband, wife and seven children Originally from Porta Farm near Harare Interviewed mid June 2006 This family with seven children had lived at Porta Farm, outside Harare, for many years prior to the total demolition of this settlement in June 2006. They lost a four bedroomed home, the wife’s shop, and the husband’s surgery where he practised as a traditional healer. They were forcibly taken first to Caledonia Farm and then by police trucks to Masvingo, and from there had to make their own way to the Midlands district where they had rural extended families. In September last year, they were very angry about what had happened to them, but felt they had no option but to now stay where they were and try to rebuild their lives. They had been given a derelict homestead by their family. Update, mid June 2006 The old homestead they were given is still derelict, and the family has not been staying there. The husband is living with his mother in law, which is in the same village as the old homestead. The wife is living ten kilometres away from this village, running a shop. Two children are with her, the youngest and one child in Grade two, who is in school. The school is very near to the mother. Three older children are staying with their father. None of them are in school. The nearest school is 5 km away, and it is not clear why they are not in school as the family seems to 62