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There are thought to be at least 50 000 informal miners working underground in South Africa. Photo: Delwyn Verasamy
ARTISANAL MINING

Failure to implement policy contributing to illegal mining crisis

Association says the government does not ‘have the will to act’ and the solution is regulation to allow artisanal miners to work legally

  • Sheree Bega
6 min read
A South African Police Services (SAPS) and South African National Defence Force (SANDF) joint operation on illegal mining in Durban Deep on November 29, 2023 in Roodepoort, South Africa. Illegal mining has been a continuing threat in South Africa for decades, with poverty, unemployment and crime driving the underground industry. (Photo by Gallo Images/Sharon Seretlo)
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF ARTISANAL MINERS

Artisanal miners ‘brutalised’ in SANDF clampdown

Army clampdown has led to assaults and the property of legal miners being confiscated

  • Sheree Bega
8 min read