News

The Geological Society Newsletter is published three times a year and is available either by e-mail or by postage to all paid up members of the Society. Please feel free to request back copies (for a fee) or send comments to our Newsletter Editor. Contributions to the newsletter on any topic related to geology are always welcome

Talks On Line - SEG 2025 Poster Presentations - UZ Students

The GSZ in collaboration with SEG is sponsoring two final year Undergraduate Students from the Univesity of Zimbabwe to present posters at the Annual SEG conference in Australia, September 2025.

On 9 July 2025 the two students delivered their talks to 30 members of the Society.

Pharisie Chibaya spoke on 'Link between deformation and pegmatite emplacement in the Mataki greenstone belt, north-east Zimbabwe: implications to lithium prospectivity'

Beauty Gwitira spoke on 'Lithiu

Submitted by Andrew du Toit on Thu, 10/07/2025 - 13:12

AGM 2025

The 2024 AGM of the Geological Society of Zimbabwe was held on Friday 7^th March 2025 at Manna Resort, 690 Glenwood Drive ,Glen Lorne, Harare

Agenda

1. Convening of the Meeting

2. Obituaries

3. Apologies
4. Minutes of the Previous Meeting

· Consideration and Approval of the Minutes

· Matters Arising Not Covered Elsewhere in the Agenda

Submitted by Andrew du Toit on Mon, 10/03/2025 - 14:11

Passing of Teddy Zengeni

It is with great sadness that we announce that Teddy Zengeni, an Honourary Life Member of the Geological Society of Zimbabwe, died in South Africa on 31 October 2024.

Dr Zengeni was born on 3 April 1942 in the Nyanga District. He attended St Augustines and Goromonzi secondary schools: Teddy graduated with a BSc Honours from University College of Rhodesia and Nyasaland in 1964. He went on to study geophysics at Stanford University in the USA, first for an MSc and then was awarded a PhD on “KKP and the Fine Structure of the Earth’s Core”: in 1970

Submitted by Andrew du Toit on Fri, 07/03/2025 - 14:55

Field Trip to Zimbabwe Gold Mines

After the SEG gold course in Harare the GSZ arranged a field trip to a selection of mines across Zimbabwe.

Please find the field guide below

Submitted by Andrew du Toit on Fri, 14/02/2025 - 17:30

SEG - Gold Course

On February 10-11 2025, SEG, in conjunction with GSZ, held a short course on Orogenic Gold in Africa and Worldwide.

The course was well attended with 70 participants from Zimbabwe, USA, UK, Japan, South Africa, Uganda, Tanzania, Botswana, Zambia and Mali. 30 students were sponsoried by SEG with the support of the six conference sponsors

Please see the brochure below for details.

Submitted by Andrew du Toit on Sat, 14/12/2024 - 08:15

Trip to Hillside Dams and Diana's Pool

On Saturday 2nd November Dr Tony Martin led the society on a visit to the Hillside Dams Syenites in Bulawayo and to Diana's Pool to see the orbicular granites

The trip was very well attended and included two bus loads of students in addition to members.

The field guide can be downloaded below.

Submitted by Andrew du Toit on Thu, 07/11/2024 - 17:46

Macgregor Memorial Lecture - Zircon geochronology: a handle in plate reconstructions, geological evolution of mobile belts and assessment of mineral deposit fertility - Benjamin Mapani

The Macgregor Memorial Lecture on the topic - ' Zircon geochronology: a handle in plate reconstructions, geological evolution of mobile belts and assessment of mineral deposit fertility' was delivered by Benjamin Mapani in Bylawayo on the 1st of November 2024 and in Harare in 4th November 2024.

A copy of the presentation can be found below.

Submitted by Andrew du Toit on Thu, 07/11/2024 - 16:23

Summer Symposium 2024

The Summer Symposium was held in the Natural History Museum of Zimbabwe in Bulawayo on the 1st November 2024 and attended by 120 members and 110 students.

The abtracts can be found at https://www.geologicalsociety.org.zw/documents/summer-symposium-abstract...

The presetnations are available below.

The event included the following:-

Welcome - Ernest Mugandani- Geological Society Chairpe

Submitted by Andrew du Toit on Thu, 07/11/2024 - 16:19

Passing of Prof. Dai Jones

It is with great sadness that we announce that Dai Jones, an Honourary Life Member of the Geological Society of Zimbabwe, died in Canada on Thursday 28th August 2024.

Dai obtained his PhD degree in Solid State Physics from Exeter University. He lived and worked at various times in both Canada and Zimbabwe.

Dai is especially well known for his pioneering palaeomagnetic work around the world and especially in Southern Africa.

Submitted by Andrew du Toit on Mon, 16/09/2024 - 13:58

Passing of Sinikiwe Ncube

It is with a heavy heart that we inform you that one of our GSZ members, Sinikiwe Ncube, passed away unexpectedly in Famona, Bulawayo on 11 July 2024.

Sinikiwe had recently finished her PhD dissertation with the University of Johannesburg South Africa and while awaiting formal award of her degree, she was looking forward to an exciting career ahead of her.

The Geological Society of Zimbabwe Committee to express our sincere condolences and sympathy with the members of Sinikiwe’s family.

Submitted by Andrew du Toit on Thu, 11/07/2024 - 17:46

Join the Society