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Commission chairperson Victor Mavhidula was speaking in Polokwane.

The Human Rights Commission in Limpopo says there is violation of human rights in mining communities.

The commission says this is due to the lack of coordination between government, mining companies and other stakeholders.in Burgersfort in the Sekhukhune district, Lephalale and areas around Mapela villages in the Mogalakwena area amongst others. Commission chairperson Victor Mavhidula was speaking in Polokwane during the release of the report into mining activities in the province.

“There is an admission that human rights are being violated, there is no denial about that. The only issue is that they didn’t know exactly what they had to do even the coordination of the approach how to deal with this. They didn’t know what to do, for example we are talking about the mushrooming of illegal mines in Burgersfort and all over here but when those people start mining illegally, government officials are aware but they don’t know where to report that.

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