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Digging up fields, recreation areas and yards is a lucrative business as the Eastern European country grapples with unemployment and energy shortages

If we are to win the fight against illegal mining in the country, there should be a specialised unit dedicated to rooting out illegal miners.

A prosecutor has pleaded with a Carletonville magistrate not to recuse himself in the bail hearing of five alleged illegal mining kingpins.

Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren, set to appear before the Enforcement Directorate on Thursday, asked people to decide whether conspirators should rule the state or tribals as he issued a warning that he will see all conspirators one by one.

ON WEDNESDAY, 9 November, the Stilfontein District Court heard the continuation of a bail application against an illegal mining suspect who was arrested at his home.

Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren has also sought three weeks from ED to appear before it in connection with a money laundering case.

Local community policing forum member, Andre Shannon says they are concerned about illegal mining in the area, claiming that it continues unabated, with little police visibility.

Collective action needed to fight galamsey — Jinapor

More people could still be trapped underground after the discovery of 21 bodies of alleged illegal miners in an active mine in Krugersdorp, says Mogale City mayor Tyrone Gray.

Artisanal mining refers to small-scale minerals extraction using basic tools such as shovels, chisels and hoes.