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The Hawks have seized R2.5 million worth of gold-bearing material from illegal mining operations on the West Rand.

In an ongoing effort to curtail illegal mining in Gauteng Province, the Hawks Serious Organised Crime Investigation team in West Rand together with the South African Police Service (SAPS) Airwing, K9 unit, Crime Intelligence (CI), Local Criminal Record Centre (LCRC), Forensic Science Laboratory, Gauteng Traffic Saturation Unit, G4S and Fidelity Security Helicopters, Sibanye Stillwater Protection

Artisanal gold mining is highly organised and rule-bound. Men, women and even children participate a hierarchy sustained by a web of buyers, sponsors and customers.

A woman who last week lost her brother to a stray bullet in a shooting between rival gangs was on Monday among a group gathered outside the Krugersdorp magistrate’s court for the trial of illegal miners arrested after a horror mass rape.

The committee met with officials and the saints to collect information about the incident and the issue. It will submit its report to BJP president JP Nadda.

The administration also assured the sadhus that mines will be shifted from the area and informed them about the state governments plans to transform the vicinity into a religious tourist spot. Illegal Mining Protest: Sadhu Vijay Das Who Attempted Self-Immolation in Rajasthans Bharatpur Dies in Delhi Hospital.

He had allegedly ran over Surender Singh Bishnoi while trying to flee an illegal stone mining spot.

The Bharatpur administration clamped a mobile internet ban in some areas of the district.

Between 2013 and 2017, over 4 lakh incidents of illegal mining were reported. The mineral wealth of the country is openly looted by mining mafia.

The step came a day after he climbed a mobile tower on Tuesday to protest illegal mining in the city.