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TimesLive reports that deputy president David Mabuza told MPs on Thursday that communities should work with the government to help it deal with the illegal mining problem, which was fast becoming a pandemic in SA.
“Every day you learn about people being killed in these illegal activities‚ so the government is going to stamp its authority and get this thing right,” Mabuza indicated. He reported that the police had arrested more than 4‚675 illegal miners‚ had closed 135 mining holes and were closing decommissioned mines. “The problem of illegal mining has grown to such a point that it’s a major source of concern not only for the government, but also for the mining industry and communities close to these illegal operations,” Mabuza noted. His comments came after the discovery of the bodies of six men believed to be zama-zamas (illegal miners) in an open veld next to the N1 freeway near Bosmont and New Canada‚ Johannesburg‚ on Wednesday morning. Mabuza reported that during the recent two-day cabinet lekgotla‚ chaired by President Cyril Ramaphosa‚ the executive was given an update from the justice‚ crime prevention and security cluster on measures taken to combat criminality in areas close to illegal mine operations. The strategy‚ he said‚ included tighter intelligence gathering and co-ordination‚ intensification of police visibility mechanisms and tightening of mechanisms aimed at disruption of organised and stubborn crime.
- Read the full original of the report in the above regard by Amanda Khoza at BusinessLive
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