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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 government's battle against illegal mining.