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Illicit miners scrape for diamonds on abandoned mines

3 Feb 2017. Namaqualand, South Africa – For more than 80 years, large mines operated across Namaqualand, a remote, rocky expanse of land high up South Africa's west coast. Today, most of these ...

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Mob attacks illegal miners after rapes shock South Africa

4 Aug 2022. Thousands of angry residents in the South African city of Krugersdorp attacked a group of illegal miners with machetes, golf clubs and hammers after a gang rape last week shocked the ...

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Specialised task force to combat illegal mining in South Africa

The South African Police Service (SAPS) and the Department of Mineral Resources and Energy (DMRE) are in the process of establishing a specialised unit to root out illegal mining activities in the ...

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South African police find 21 bodies at Krugersdorp mine

Illegal mining is rife in South Africa, with miners known locally as "zama zamas" searching for gold at the many disused and abandoned mines in and around the Johannesburg region. Krugersdorp ...

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Hell on the Highveld: Illegal miners started Mpumalanga coal …

Emalahleni, literally "The place of coal", is said to house the largest coal reserves in South Africa, with the greatest concentration of underground and open-cast mines in the country.

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South Africa: Illegal miners cleared of gang rape

Fourteen illegal miners in South Africa have been cleared of rape charges after DNA evidence failed to link them to the crime. In July, eight women were attacked by dozens of men while they were ...

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Africa's growing illegal mining: Financial drain and corruption

The rapid deterioration of mining situation across Africa, becoming an increasingly 'wild west' scenario of overt illegality unchallenged by weak central authorities, was predicted as far back as 2016 by South Africa's Minerals Council – but that warning has not seen any change in the dark direction that mining in South Africa or other ...

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The Economics of Illegal Mining

On 22 June, four suspected illegal miners were found dead with gunshot wounds to the head at a gold mine near Johannesburg. Earlier this year, a rescue operation to remove illegal miners from the abandoned Gold One mineshaft on South Africa's East Rand, revealed a reluctance to be rescued for fear of arrest. This brings to attention the …

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UNODC Supports Efforts to Combat Illicit Mining in …

In South Africa, the mining industry is currently worth $23.5 billion USD (2019), but illegal surface and underground mining —and associated criminal activities such as tax fraud, money laundering, …

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Illegal coal mining, greenwashing present challenges to net-zero …

Illegal coal mining will create complexity around South Africa 's efforts to get to net-zero, says Beech Veltman CEO Warren Beech. Beech Veltman is a law firm with a team specialising in the ...

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War for diamonds: How stones found at abandoned mines enter the illegal

Gert van Niekerk, chairperson of the South African Diamond Producers Organisation (SADPO), said: "the illegal side of mining and trading of diamonds is a huge risk to the industry as a whole."

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Why illegal artisanal mining in South Africa is out of …

An illegal artisanal gold mining industry takes root. South Africa's Witwatersrand goldfields have produced more than 30% of all the gold ever mined. But in recent decades, large-scale gold ...

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Illegal Mining: Hawks & Department Of Mineral …

The major challenges of illegal mining as noted by the Department of Mineral Resources were underground ventilation disruptions, compromised mine and …

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Illegal mining

resources in a way that is beneficial to South Africa and promotes transformation, but also to protect the environment, communities and employees. Indeed, current legislation was put in place exactly for this reason. ILLEGAL MINING IS ON THE RISE Illegal mining is on the rise in South Africa and takes place on the surface and underground

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South Africa's Illegal Miners Risk Everything for Gold

September 08, 2020 10:25 AM. Franco Puglisi. 0:00 2:40. South Africa's Illegal Miners Risk Everything for Gold. Illegal mining in South Africa is among the most lucrative on the continent, pushing ...

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South Africa lawmakers demand crackdown on illegal mining

South Africa's mines, police and home affairs ministers on Thursday briefed the country's upper house of parliament on the government's response to illegal mining and other related crimes.

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South Africa's illegal-mining conundrum

South Africa's illegal-mining conundrum . . The Mining Indaba is an annual event that provides a platform for mining companies, experts, policymakers and governments from the African continent to discuss …

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Illegal mining: what are the rules of the game?

Miners are examined after exiting shafts: Sibanye-Stillwater. Illegal mining in South Africa's gold sector has over the past decades become one of its greatest challenges. Today, it is a thriving, intelligent and almost self-sustaining industry – fed by powerful syndicate leaders across the globe. For Sibanye-Stillwater, acceptance of this ...

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Combatting illegal mining

Combatting illegal mining S A OPERATIONS F ACT SHEET 2021 Illegal mining is becoming an increasing issue for and risk to the sustainability of the mining industry in South Africa. It undermines the rule of law and property rights, affecting the state's ability to attract investment and meet its developmental goals. As Ursula Brown, head of ...

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Mining in South Africa: overview | Practical Law

Edward Nathan Sonnenbergs Inc. T +27 11 269 7600 / +27 82 787 9830. E cdavies@ENSafrica. W Professional qualifications. Admitted as an attorney and as notary of the High Court of South Africa. Areas of practice. Mining and environmental law.

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Illegal mining brazenness a significant concern to …

Nonetheless, Ngubane says the illegal mining industry cannot be tolerated because such miners have a concerning and significant disregard for safety among themselves, while their haphazard use...

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The negative effects of illegal mining

By its illicit nature, the cost of illegal mining in South Africa is difficult to determine, but it is estimated to cost around R6 billion a year. It is a significant risk to health and safety Damage to infrastructure poses a serious risk, while legal miners' safety is threatened by illegal gangs that are usually armed, sometimes with AK47s ...

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Illegal mining on the rise

The growth in illegal mining, which is now taking place on a large scale nationally, could be attributed to the combination of a difficult socio …

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UNODC Supports Efforts to Combat Illicit Mining in Southern Africa

Pretoria (South Africa), 3 November 2020 — The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) and its partners are exploring innovative solutions to prevent and combat illicit trafficking in precious metals, including technology-based solutions that strengthen the integrity of the precious metals supply chain. Illegal mining and the illicit ...

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Is government doing enough to clamp down on illegal mining?

JOHANNESBURG - There has not been a worse time to bring to light the illegal mining crisis in South Africa than the shocking gang rape of 8 women in July. They were shooting a music video at one ...

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Mining Law in South Africa | Laws regulating Mining Law

Dale, South African Mineral and Petroleum Law, par 92.2.1. Anglo Operations Ltd v Sandhurst Estates (Pty) Ltd 2007 (2) SA 363 (SCA) at par 16. Section 3 of the MPRDA. Franklin and Kaplan, The Mining and Mineral Laws of South Africa, 79. For example, a right to prospect under the Minerals Act provided that: If the owner of land not …

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Effects of Illegal Mining on the Environment, Economy, and …

The mining of minerals has contributed enormously to most African countries' economies. However, the activities involved in these sectors have turned to hunt our environment and human life due to the lack of regulation in this sector. This paper is a review of the effects of illegal mining on the environment, the economy and agricultural …

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South Africa: Nearly 30 illegal miners found dead | Africanews

South Africa. Some thirty suspected illegal miners were found dead at the bottom of a disused mine in South Africa, a month after a probable accident, in the small gold-mining town of Welkom, 250 ...

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Uncontrolled and Illegal (Galamsey) Mining Activities in Africa: An

The influx of small-scale and illegal miners, mostly Chinese to Africa, has worsened the illegal mining activities on the continent with migrant miners abusing mining laws and mining practices. Mining communities in Africa are experiencing numerous detrimental impacts environmentally, socially, and economically from mining.

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