South Africa Plans Special Police Force to Combat Illegal Miners
Miners walk through the South Deep gold mine in Westonaria, South Africa.
Photographer: Waldo Swiegers/BloombergThis article is for subscribers only.
The South African Police Service will establish a specialized force to combat illegal mining that’s robbing the nation of revenue and hampering operations at mineral companies.
The new security force will be a “multi-disciplinary unit” between the SAPS and the Department of Mineral Resources and Energy, Gwede Mantashe, the energy, minerals and resource minister told lawmakers in Cape Town on Thursday.