Unearthing a crisis: South Africa's battle against illegal mining. By Yeshiel Panchia. November 17, 2023. Illegal mining in South Africa presents significant economic, social, and security challenges. It's complex history, violence and crime it fosters, the implications of the recent military intervention, and insights from ...
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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 …
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Illegal mining is a rampant problem in South Africa, especially in the gold sector. According to the Minerals Council of South Africa, the country loses about R14.4 billion annually to illegal mining activities. The council estimates that there are about 30,000 illegal miners, known as zama zamas, operating across the country.
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09:19. The dangerous world of illegal mining in South Africa. Every day they go to work, they have no idea whether they will return home alive. Poverty forces them beneath the earth to search for ...
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The ramifications of illegal mining are far-reaching and may have dire effects on the country's economy, ... SOUTH Africa has sustained large scale mining for more than 100 years. We have a ...
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At the start of February 2022, South African sand mining association ASPASA made an unusual statement, one that challenges the conventional role of an industry membership body. It called for less mining. ASPASA says illegal sand mining is taking a damaging toll in South Africa. Unprotected pits create drowning hazards for …
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Illegal mining in South Africa is among the most lucrative on the continent, pushing miners to risk health and safety in mostly abandoned shafts. But the chance to strike it rich drives the miners ...
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Lastly, in terms of the impact of illegal mining on South Africa's reputation/image, corruption and the erosion of the rule of law can negatively impact investor confidence. Brig Kadwa explained the illicit value chain: illegal miners on the ground report to gangs and illegal mining "bosses", who in turn liaise with bulk buyers who are ...
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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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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 reality is not an option.
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Modise says they're looking to work with local communities in combating illegal mining. South Africa has over 6,000 dilapidated mines. "Some of these mines are old and their owners cannot be ...
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In 2017, Ghana commissioned a 400-member contingent to combat illegal mining, and introduced a two-year ban in the most affected regions of the country. By the time the ban was lifted in December 2018, it was reported that around 1 687 illegal miners had been arrested. South Africa's legislation aims to regulate artisanal mining, but has ...
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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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A team comprising representatives of many government departments and State entities has made progress in curbing the scourge of illegal mining in South Africa, with 4 067 suspects having been ...
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The South African Human Rights Commission estimates that there are between 8000 and 30 000 illegal miners operating in South Africa. According to the Chamber of Mines, roughly between 5% and 10% of South Africa's annual gold production stems from illegal mining.The conditions in which illegal mining occurs have been …
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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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Some of these damages in sub-Saharan Africa include abandoned pits and shafts in artisanal mining areas in West Africa, dumps from previous mining activities in South Africa, pollution of ground ...
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As gold prices soar in the post-pandemic world economy, there are concerns that illegal mining activity in South Africa may be rising sharply. Tackling such a surge may prove difficult, given the history of illegal mining in the country. Sources in the industry have described how they face a number of challenges, including deteriorating law …
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The article concludes that an integrated model needs to be put in place in order to quell illegal mining in South Africa. The article recommends that the resources need to be pulled together and ...
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In 2017, Ghana commissioned a 400-member contingent to combat illegal mining, and introduced a two-year ban in the most affected regions of the country. By the time the ban was lifted in December 2018, it …
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Unearthing a crisis: South Africa's battle against illegal mining. By Yeshiel Panchia. November 17, 2023. Illegal mining in South Africa presents …
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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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A central part of this effort are the specialised Illegal Mining Task Teams set up by the South African Police Service (SAPS) last year to conduct operations against illegal mining and its associated activities in hotspots around the country. ... There are approximately 6,100 derelict, unused or abandoned mines in South Africa. In some …
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A 2017 report by the Minerals Council South Africa (Minerals Council) estimates that the annual commercial value of illegal mining and illicit dealings in precious metals and diamonds is about R7 billion. This activity has a significant economic impact on current mining operations, both in terms of losses of product or productive resources.
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8 minutes. Stephen Kgamotso, 19, works an illegal chrome mine. Industrial-scale illegal mining is destroying villages in South Africa and now accounts for ten per cent of all chrome produced by the country – the world's biggest supplier of the ore, which is essential for stainless steel production. Words and photographs by Tommy Trenchard.
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Official says illegal mining to blame - SABC. JOHANNESBURG, July 6 (Reuters) - The death toll from a leak of poisonous gas in a South African shantytown rose to 17 on Thursday, as officials ...
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August 3, 2022. Artisanal gold mining in South Africa is out of control. Mistakes that got it here. Tracy-Lynn Field, University of the Witwatersrand. Artisanal gold mining is highly organised and ...
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In August, residents in Kagiso protested against illegal mining and rising crime in the area. Fourteen illegal miners in South Africa have been cleared of rape charges after DNA evidence failed to ...
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9 Nov 2023. South Africa's president has ordered thousands of military personnel to assist in a nationwide operation against illegal mining, an activity that is estimated to cost the country ...
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South Africa "can't be a preferred destination for criminality, for drug smuggling, human trafficking, heists and now illegal mining by foreign nationals." The Minister of Minerals Resources and Energy, Mr Gwede Mantshe, explained that illegal mining is a function of illicit financial flows and is quite distinct from artisan mining, …
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