WATCH | ‘Zamimpilo must go, that is not negotiable,’ Riverlea residents tell Cele: Fed-up residents from Riverlea and surrounding areas were on Friday emphatic in their call for the troubled Zamimpilo informal settlement to be demolished if authorities…
Police minister Bheki Cele led an imbizo [meeting] in the area on Friday after protests against illegal mining activities.
The minister, along with police officers and city officials, listened as residents vented their frustration at the ongoing illegal mining activities in their communities and the lack of assistance from authorities. “There's so much crime in Zamimpilo, we can't sleep from all the gunshots going off. We're asking the department of housing to please give us houses. Even if you get rid of illegal mining, it makes no difference because we stay in shacks that will collapse from all the holes the zama zamas have dug out.
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