Cele says that police have continued to ramp up the arrest of illegal miners.
He says the courts seem to be clamping down harder on those accused but adds that there are some challenges.
Cele says a now finalized integrated departmental approach should go a long way to better deal with illegal miners and bringing them to book. He says Home Affairs is set to get more resources to be able to deport those illegal miners, who are also in the country illegally. The Minister says authorities aren’t just going for the small guys who do the dirty work in the mines but also for the big fish who make money from the illegal activity.
Many illegal miners are said to come from Lesotho. Cele says South Africa and Lesotho are working together to better manage the issue. Minister Cele says the illicit nature of Zama Zamas’ activities continues to bring misery to local communities and notes that the provinces particularly affected by the scourge include Gauteng, Free State, North West, Northern Cape, Mpumalanga and Limpopo.
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