TimesLIVE reports that Limpopo police commissioner Lt-Gen Thembi Hadebe has welcomed the sentence meted out to a 34-year-old man for illegal mining.

The Phalaborwa Regional Court on Thursday sentenced Alfred Mulaudzi, 34, to 10 years’ imprisonment for illegal mining and his accomplice, Mutodi Simbarashe, to five years, which was wholly suspended. The two men were caught by mine security in Gravelotte performing illegal mining activities in September 2022. Police were summoned to the scene and arrested the two.

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