The 2024 AGM of the Geological Society of Zimbabwe was held on Friday 7th 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
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
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
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.
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.
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.
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.
On 5th July 2024 Shadrack Phetla gave a talk on Geothermal Energy in Africa, A Solution to the Electricity Crisis, to the Society.
Please find a copy of the presentation below.
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