GLOBAL INITIATIVE AGAINST TRANSNATIONAL ORGANIZED CRIME OP-ED: Zama zamas just one part of a multibillion-rand organised crime economy that threatens SA - Daily Maverick

Organised crime — of which illegal mining is an integral part — is an existential threat, inflicting a devastating toll on the political, economic and social fabric of South Africa, from central government to rural municipalities, and from the JSE to the spaz…

It took the gang rape of eight women for the South African Police Service to finally act against illegal miners in Mogale City. And when they did, it was with a take-down operation of the kind that h… [+15132 chars]

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