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During a meeting convened with officers from the mining and police departments, along with deputy commissioners of the three districts, Kaushal instructed them to implement robust surveillance measures utilising CCTV cameras and drones.

President Cyril Ramaphosa hailed the fight against illegal mining, saying the government is seeing results.

Last week, the justice, crime prevention and security cluster reported that over 4,000 arrests had been made for offences related to illegal mining.

‘Illegal miners are foot soldiers for criminal syndicates and must be dealt with like any other economic saboteurs’

The Minister in the Presidency was speaking at a media briefing in Pretoria on Friday where several ministries gave updates on progress made in governments battle against illegal mining.

Minister of Defence Thandi Modise on Friday said that over 4,000 people have been arrested on charges linked to the scourge. She said that about 2,700 of the accused were foreign nationals, hailing from several countries on the continent.

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Defence Minister Thandi Modise has revealed that since government launched an inter-ministerial operation to tackle the scourge, over 2,700 immigrants linked to illegal mining have been arrested.

Defence Minister Thandi Modise has revealed that since government launched an inter-ministerial operation to tackle the scourge, over 2,700 immigrants linked to illegal mining have been arrested.

Over 2,700 immigrants who are believed to be zama zamas and illegal mining king-pins have been arrested through the government’s joint efforts to tackle the issue.