Tons of gold-bearing material seized by police.farm was invaded by illegal miners also known as zama zamasGideon Thobakgale says he has been threatened by the illegal miners who have started digging for gold on his farm. He says since the police started clamping down on illegal mining in Gauteng, the heavily armed zama zamas have descended on his farm.
“I’m not afraid of them but I’m afraid of my life. I’m asking myself if I’m safe because those people took one of their own, throw him on the street. So who am I if I start fighting with them now? I won’t win because the police are not assisting me with anything. So I’m on my own,” says Thobakgale. “We carried him out and brought him to the road so that the police would get him and we called the police and the police got him and took him to the right place. Immediately, we called the family and told them, that there is a funeral here,” a zama zama says.
“We are not fighting or stealing from anyone. We do this because we are unemployed. It’s not safe here but because we are suffering, we go in to make a living. It’s not all Basotho people who are involved in criminal activities. We know this is illegal but we have no choice because we are unemployed,” another zama zama explains.
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