This news aggregator site highlights South African labour news from a wide range of internet and print sources. Each posting has a synopsis of the source article, together with a link or reference to the original. Postings cover the range of labour related matters from industrial relations to generalist human resources.The Citizen reports that three suspects were arrested and charged for the possession of illegal mining equipment in the Northern Cape on Saturday.
According to Northern Cape SA Police Services (SAPS) spokesperson Sergeant Merapelo Pilane, it was later found that two of the suspects were in the country illegally and they were then charged with the contravention of immigration laws. The multi-disciplinary team of Operation Vala Umgodi, comprising different stakeholders, were conducting disruptive actions and high-visibility patrols around the illegal mining area in Kleinzee. While conducting stop and searches in the Bontekooi informal settlement, the members came across three men in possession of suspected illegal mining implements. The suspects were expected to appear in the Springbok Magistrate’s Court on Tuesday. The team continues to clamp down on illicit mining activities in the Namakwa district. In another illegal mining case, 65-year-old homeowner Nthabisseng Tsimane and 31-year-old Tshepang Evans Kgasago appeared in Rustenburg Magistrates’ Court on Monday. The two were arrested for illegal mining, tampering with and damaging essential infrastructure and possession of suspected stolen goods. It is alleged that the homeowner allowed a group of men to utilise a hole in one of her bedrooms as an entrance to the nearby Khuseleka mine shaft. Their case was postponed to 16 September 2024 for formal bail applications. The case of the eight other suspects is still in process.
- Read the full original of the report in the above regard by Oratile Mashilo at The Citizen
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