Illegal mining costs South Africa R70 billion annually, with slow progress in tackling abandoned mines and crime.
Members of the Johannesburg Metro Police Department , alongside other law enforcers, stand next to a hole used by illegal miners to access underground tunnels, as they conduct an operation to stamp out illegal mining in the Zamimpilo informal settlement in Riverlea, 6 August 2023. Picture: Michel Bega/The Citizen
More than 100 illegal miners resurfaced from underground at Margaret shaft in Stilfontein in the North West on Tuesday.Number of illegal miners who have resurfaced in Orkney rises to 565 Luzipo said there had been slow progress in closing and rehabilitating mines, but harmonising legislation could streamline state interventions.
“The gold industry – particularly the trade in second-hand gold – remains largely unregulated. “We also need stronger regulations around refineries, where gold is processed,” Luzipo said.
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