It is with deep sadness that we announce the passing of Martin Prendergast, Honorary Life Member of the Geological Society of Zimbabwe. Martin died peacefully in Dundee, Scotland, on 18 November 2025, following a courageous five-year battle with cancer. He was 76. His wife, Susan and his daughters, Miranda and Catriona were with him.
On 25th October 2025, Eureka Mine hosted students and members of the the geotological society.
The Summer Symposium was held in the University of Zimbabwe in Harare on the 24th October 2025 and attended by 85 members and 53 students
Absracts can be found at https://www.geologicalsociety.org.zw/documents/summer-symposium-abstract...
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.
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