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Various law enforcement agencies, including police, Ekurhuleni metro police, Gauteng Crime Prevention Wardens and officials from the passenger rail agency PRASA officials swooped on illegal mining operations in the Makause informal settlement on Tuesday.

He has been asked to depose next week in state capital Ranchi and record his statement under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act, they said. The case in which he has been called was not known immediately.

Most of the minerals are exported to neighboring China.

This happaned during an anti-illegal mining raid led by Joburg Public Safety MMC Mgcini Tshwaku on Sunday.

Police minister Bheki Cele has warned zama zamas operating in Riverlea, Johannesburg, to come out from underground as all of the holes dug up for illegal mining will soon be permanently closed.

The community of Riverlea said the solution to end the scourge of zama zamas in the area is to clear out the Zamimpilo informal settlement, and to them, thats the only permanent solution to the violence that has plagued the community.

Rajkot: In the wee hours of Thursday, sleuths of the mining and geology department swooped down on five locations near Rapar in Kutch district and bus.

Eyewitness News can reveal that tensions are heightened on Gautengs West Rand after notorious zama zama kingpin, Ntuta Sechaba was kidnapped and murdered by a suspected rival gang.

Last month, 17 people died in Boksburg following a gas leak, while last week, five bullet-ridden bodies were discovered in a field in Riverlea after a turf war by rival zama zama gangs.

The Chairman of the Task Force on the Implementation of Ban on Illegal Mining and Deforestation in Taraba State, Brig Gen Jeremiah Faransa..