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Reuters writes that illegal gold mining has plagued SA’s mining companies for decades, robbing the industry and state coffers of billions of rand through small-time pilfering as well as networks run by organised crime.
Now, with unmined output dwindling and proving more difficult to extract, Sibanye Gold has had enough and says that it will clear all illegal miners from its shafts by the end of January 2018. Sibanye CEO Neal Froneman’s campaign slogan is ‘Zero Zama’, after the Zulu for illegal miners, "zama zamas" or "taking a chance". Sibanye is the first company to set itself a deadline to stop the practice and has set aside R200m to make it happen. The challenge is immense, however. Sibanye may win most of the battles but it will lose the war in a country beset by joblessness, poverty, crime and porous borders, experts say. Sibanye’s strategy is multipronged: a tip-off and reward system to encourage employees to report suspicious activity; tactical security units that can go underground to make arrests; and access checks such as biometrics.
- Read this informative report by Ed Stoddard in full at BusinessLive
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