Parliamentary committee calls for collaboration following more illegal miner fatalities

摘要

THE Portfolio Committee on Mineral Resources last week called on all affected stakeholders to expose the real "kingpins" of the illegal mining sector after five alleged illegal miners were found shot dead at an abandoned mine in Benoni, Gauteng. Committee chairperson Sahlulele Luzipho, who believes that Parliament, the Department of Mineral Resources (DMR) and State security forces should join forces, expressed concern over the "sporadic killings associated with alleged gangsterism within the illegal mining sector".