The Hawks in Limpopo have arrested eleven illegal miners at a Chromnet mine at Northam, outside Thabazimbi.
Maluleke says the suspects include a man who claimed to be the owner of the vehicles. He says the man also tried to bribe the police officers with R15 000.“We have arrested eleven alleged illegal miners at Chromenet mine, in Northam area. The suspects were caught busy mining chrome illegal mining vehicles with the value of over R3-million were seized.
“We have about 2 000 abandoned ownerless mines in this country despite the fact that the Mineral and Petroleum Resources Development Act is very clear about mine closure. It describes what steps need to be taken in terms of mine closure. It also discusses what penalties there should be for mining companies that do not close properly.”
Van Wyk says billions have been set aside to rehabilitate unused mines, but that money has barely been used.-Report by Justice Shipalana, additional reporting by Tebogo Phakedi
Damn Ramaphosa is sure working hard this is good news
Some comrade forgot to pay their monthly protection fee?